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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 1660234, member: 39&quot;]Talking about Austria, this is a piece that I like a lot. Yes, in general I dislike colored coins, but this silver/niobium series (and particularly this very issue) I find appealing.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin commemorates the 700th anniversary of the city rights for Hall (in Tyrol). One side shows a satellite taking an image of the city (the modern part so to say), the other side shows ... not a coin but its die. Hall got a mint in the 15c (that &quot;Old Mint&quot; is a museum today), and that side features a &quot;Guldiner&quot; die from 1486. Below (or <a href="http://www.muenzen.eu/tl_files/bilder/oesterreich/25-euro-stadt-hall-2003.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.muenzen.eu/tl_files/bilder/oesterreich/25-euro-stadt-hall-2003.jpg" rel="nofollow">here</a>) is an image of the design.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.muenzen.eu/tl_files/bilder/oesterreich/25-euro-stadt-hall-2003.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>As for an actual coin photo, here is a great one (again, not mine ...) of the &quot;die&quot; side: <a href="http://www.honscha.de/bilder/detail/18717v.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.honscha.de/bilder/detail/18717v.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.honscha.de/bilder/detail/18717v.jpg</a> Here you can see that the horseman scene is not &quot;raised&quot; as it would normally be on a coin but incused and mirrored. Very interesting effect methinks.</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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