The Mint of Austria has released (13th May) the third coin in their ongoing and very popular coin series entitled “Reaching for the Skies,” that focuses on various aeroplanes and their contributions to world aviation history. The dream of flight became a reality for the masses with the development of commercial air travel, and this […]
Austria: Third coin in popular silver Proof coin series, “Knights’ Tales,” features courage
The Austrian Mint has released (15th April) the third coin in their popular series entitled “Knights’ Tales,” which is a fascinating five-coin set in which the theme travels back in time to a bygone age of knightly virtues, fearsome gentlemen, and authentic heroes. The five coins series is composed of the topics Chivalry, Adventure, Courage, […]
Austria: Easter coins feature “Friends for Life” and iconic royal Lipizzaner horses
The Mint of Austria has released new collector coins in time for the Easter celebration. Annual coins issued since 2002 have become a firm favourite this time of year for gift-giving. Few animals have had a more significant impact on humans than the horse. Its power, beauty, and sensitivity also make the horse one of […]
Austria: Famed Salzburg Festival features on new silver collector coin celebrating centenary anniversary
The Mint of Austria has released (22nd January) new collector coins in celebration of one of the country’s renowned cultural festivals. On the 22nd August 1920, the director Max Reinhardt staged Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s morality play Jedermann in Salzburg’s Domplatz for the first time, and, as a result, founded the Salzburg Festival. Since 1926, the play has been […]
Austria: 2020 begins with new celebratory holiday silver and copper collector’s coins
The Austrian Mint has launched new 2020-dated New Year’s collector’s coins with the theme of celebrating the 150th anniversary of the opening of Vienna’s legendary Musikverein concert hall in 1870. In keeping with the anniversary, the 2020 New Year’s coin features the Greek god, Apollo. The image of the god of music and dance is […]
Austria: Popular collector series “Reaching for the Sky” continues with second silver Proof coin
The Mint of Austria has launched (16th October) the second coin in the series entitled “Reaching for the Sky,” which celebrates the pioneers of powered aviation, including pilot Igo Etrich (1879–1967), who broke records in 1910 by flying for 140 kilometres (87 miles) across northern Austria, and Charles Lindbergh (1902–1974), a famed American aviator who […]
Austria: New and exciting coin series, “The Magic of Gold”
The Mint of Austria has launched a new coin series which explores the allure and magic of gold, which, since time immemorial, has had a unique effect on those who behold it. The Magic of Gold series traces the mysterious nature of gold in ancient cultures. No other metal has as much symbolic meaning as […]
Austria: Second silver coin in “Knight’s Tales” series features the adventures of the First Crusade
The Mint of Austria has unveiled the second coin that is part of the five-coin series entitled “Knight’s Tales” and focuses on “adventure” and the era in which the mint itself was founded as it celebrates the 825th anniversary of its establishment. The coin series travels back in time to a bygone age that was […]
Austria: Chivalry is the theme with the first coin issued in new “Knights’ Tales” five-coin series
The Mint of Austria has announced the issue of a new series which focuses on an exciting, chivalrous, and, at times, dangerous chapter in European history, the Knight’s Tales of the Middle Ages. Travel back in time to a bygone age that was notorious for being bloody and brutal. The Middle Ages was also the […]
Austria: Easter is soon approaching with new “Spring Awakening” five-euro silver coins
The Mint of Austria has unveiled new silver and copper coins which are issued to welcome the Easter holiday that is the beginning of a favourite season for many, springtime. Held on the first Sunday after the first full moon following the northern spring equinox, Easter may shift every year, but Easter and Spring belong together. A time of hope and rebirth, Spring […]
