Austria 1929 25 schilling
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This specimen was lot 1714 in Jean Elsen sale 163 (Brussels, November 2025), where it sold for €500 (about US$578 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"AUTRICHE, République (1918-), AV 25 Schilling, 1929. Petits coups. (republic of Austria, gold twenty-five schilling of 1929. Minor nicks, Extremely Fine.)"
In 1925, the currency was reformed with 100 kronen (old) = one groschen (new) and 100 groschen = one schilling. This type was struck in limited numbers 1926-34 prior to the anschluss with Nazi Germany.
Recorded mintage: 243,269.
Specification: 5.88 g, 0.900 fine gold, .170 tory oz AGW, 21 mm diameter, designed by Arnold Hartig.
Catalog reference: KM 2841, Jaeckel 436; Fr-521.
- Herinek, Gerhard, Austria Münzkatalog: Munzen ab 1745 und Banknoten ab 1759, 49. Auflage, Vienna: Christine Steyrer Verlag, 2022.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 163, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2025.
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