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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 2923829, member: 39&quot;]And now a lion that comes from the past and the future. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Austria issues a €5 New Year&#039;s coin every year, but since it is also meant to be a Christmas (season) gift, it always comes a little early. Future? Right, as from 6 December 2017 you can get this coin which is dated 2018.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]708456[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>But that lion is a beast from the past: It is from the cover page of a <a href="https://www.onb.ac.at/fileadmin/user_upload/1_Sitemap/Museen/Prunksaal/Sonderausstellungen/Pressebilder_Goldene_Zeiten/troppauer.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.onb.ac.at/fileadmin/user_upload/1_Sitemap/Museen/Prunksaal/Sonderausstellungen/Pressebilder_Goldene_Zeiten/troppauer.jpg" rel="nofollow">14c evangeliary</a>. That book was completed in 1368, thus 650 years ago. And it is considered to be the starting point of what today is the Austrian National Library ...</p><p><br /></p><p>More info about the coins <a href="https://www.muenzeoesterreich.at/eng/Produkte/New-Year-Coin-2018" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.muenzeoesterreich.at/eng/Produkte/New-Year-Coin-2018" rel="nofollow">here</a>. As usual, there is a surcharged silver version, and a copper piece that can be had at face.</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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