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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 650951, member: 39&quot;]The Austrian &quot;hammer and sickle&quot; eagle can indeed be found on various coins from the First Republic (1918-34). It was not used by the authoritarian regime (1934-38), and not while Austria was part of Nazi Germany.</p><p><br /></p><p>But the hammer and the sickle, now along with broken chains, have been on many Second Republic coins since the 1947 currency reform. After all, the eagle with those symbols was and is Austria&#039;s official coat of arms.</p><p><br /></p><p>Did not know either that the hammer and sickle had been on Chilean 19c coins. Maybe that was a result of the 1890-91 conflict which replaced the presidial system? Just guessing here ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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