Lets see some Austrian coins, please post away!

You'll notice they are pretty old holders, not a chance I could afford them either if I had to buy them in today's market. Maybe the Leopold 25 Schilling, the other two are way out of my league in 2012 prices. I've got the 1931 Austrian 100 Schilling in MS65 also, but can't seem to find the photos. It's DMPL though not so idicated on the slab. Reverse of the 1936 Austrian 100s, for some reason wouldn't load in the other post. Maybe too many attachements for a single post??

 

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I can see why it is one of your favorites, the detail is just incredible!
thanks for posting it guy!

 

I wonder how many coins they could get out of 1 die. With detail like that I would think the dies would not last very long at all

 

None of the gold coins had very high mintages, even the more common non-commemorative gold 100 Schilling coins all had mintages of 50,000 or so with the exception of 1931 which was just over 100,000 coins. The silver coins of the era are another story. The Madonna of Mariazell silver 5 Schilling had 10 million struck over three years, though I don't know that I have ever seen one with die cracks or even die erosion in the form of cartwheel luster. Most that I have seen have a very mellow subdued luster with no evidence of die fatigue.

 

Thanks for the info princeofwaldo. Thats pretty amazing, I'm sure they had to have used at least 2 sets even for the lower mintages. I have only been collecting Austrian coins for a few months so ANY info from anybody would be very helpful.

Thanks Again!
Mark

 

Though its Hungary technically its Austria-Hungary




1892 2 filler

And though its not silver its one of the more rare ones.

 

Nice! 1892. It's great to actually SEE one! That is also a coin I'm looking out for. 1892 form Both Countrys "Austria/Hungary" are VERY hard to find. I have been looking for a 1892 Heller for almost a year at this point. We have a couple of large shows coming up over the next few months. I hoping to find the there.
Thanks for the post!!!
Mark

 

Here is a restrike that Austria released in 1963 of an original design from 1642. It's one of my favorite coins! It was issued in both gold and silver restrikes. This one is graded MS68 by NGC.

 

No problem, there was one a few days ago in ebay. Did you get that one?

 

A couple yet.

 

this is all i have now

 

Here are a few from my Austria-Hungary collection:

 

Here's my 1904 2 Heller

 

Probably my nicest I have photographed - 1890 1 Florin. But I have to check...still have others without photos!

 

This was one of the coins that got me started in 1964,
I bought it directly from the Vienna Mint along with some proof sets
and Maria Theresa Taler restrikes


Austria 50 Schillings 1964 - Winter Olympics (Proof)

 

Once again, "The Burger King Guy!"

 

some really nice coins on this thread, what a shame that they adopted the euro..........................

 

... without even asking whether you guys are OK with that or not. Ts tsk, how terrible.

Christian

 

I think it's a shame anyone adopted the euro, but that's a different matter.

 

Sure, quite a few British and Americans have always been against the euro, but apparently not for reasons related to coin design. Not that I could tell you how long that shame, as you call it, will last - but what I do find surprising is this lack of differentiation. OK, so you oppose or dislike the currency union, and therefore the coins issued since 2002 are worse? So the Innsbruck and Rudolf der Stifter coins are beautiful because they are schilling pieces, but once the word "euro" appears on the other side, the actual coin design is no longer an issue? Wow.

Christian