50 Schilling European Monetary Union

Features

Issuer	Austria
Ruling authority	Second Republic (1945-date)
Type	Circulating commemorative coins
Year	1999
Value	50 Schilling (50 ATS)
Currency	Second Schilling (1945-2001)
Composition	Bimetallic: copper-nickel plated nickel centre in aluminium bronze ring
Weight	8.15 g
Diameter	26.5 mm
Thickness	2.1 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized	28 February 2002
Number	N# 10093
References	KM# 3057 Standard Catalog of World Coins (85 volumes). , Schön# 253 Battenberg (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (3 volumes).

Commemorative issue

European Monetary Union

Obverse

Shows the standard design of the face value “50” encircled by the coats-of-arms of the federal provinces of Austria and the name “Republik Österreich”.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REPUBLIK ÖSTERREICH
50
· SCHILLING ·

Engraver: Thomas Pesendorfer

Reverse

On 5th May, 1999, the Austrian Mint in Vienna issued a bimetallic circulation 50 Schilling coin to commemorate the beginning of the European Monetary Union. It chose as its attractive design the new banknotes fanned out from the “E” symbol for the Euro, surrounded by the stars of Europe. The inscription reads: Europäische Währungsunion 1999 (European Monetary Union 1999).

Script: Latin

Lettering:
EUROPÄISCHE WÄHRUNGSUNION
· 1999 ·

Mint

See also

• Banknote depiction
• Coat of Arms

• 5 Euros (2002 Series)
• 10 Euro (2002 Series)
• 20 Euro (2002 Series)
• 50 Euro (2002 Series)
• 100 Euros (2002 Series)
• 200 Euro (2002 Series)
• 500 Euro (2002 Series)

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