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<p>[QUOTE="chrisild, post: 1427709, member: 39"]The Archaeopteryx coin? That is a German piece issued last year which commemorates the 150th anniversary of the first discovery. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeopteryx#History_of_discovery" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeopteryx#History_of_discovery" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeopteryx#History_of_discovery</a></p><p><br /></p><p>That second one is from Austria and continues the €5 series. It is about the Musikverein in Vienna <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gesellschaft_der_Musikfreunde" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gesellschaft_der_Musikfreunde" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gesellschaft_der_Musikfreunde</a> and shows the organ and a caryatid, see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Musikverein_Goldener_Saal.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Musikverein_Goldener_Saal.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Musikverein_Goldener_Saal.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Both are pieces that, until a short while ago, would have been silver. Due to the silver price, the German government now issues them in Cu-Ni (at face) and silver/proof (surcharged). The Austrian Mint decided to make the "at face" version from copper; the silver/proof version is surcharged too.</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="chrisild, post: 1427709, member: 39"]The Archaeopteryx coin? That is a German piece issued last year which commemorates the 150th anniversary of the first discovery. [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeopteryx#History_of_discovery[/url] That second one is from Austria and continues the €5 series. It is about the Musikverein in Vienna [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gesellschaft_der_Musikfreunde[/url] and shows the organ and a caryatid, see [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Musikverein_Goldener_Saal.jpg[/url] Both are pieces that, until a short while ago, would have been silver. Due to the silver price, the German government now issues them in Cu-Ni (at face) and silver/proof (surcharged). The Austrian Mint decided to make the "at face" version from copper; the silver/proof version is surcharged too. Christian[/QUOTE]
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