Austria 1935 50 groschen

Steve Album sale 54, lot 2391

This specimen was lot 2391 in Steve Album Auction 54 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2026), where it sold for $156. The catalog description^[1] noted, "AUSTRIA: Republic, 50 groschen, 1935, a superb example, PCGS graded Proof 65." In 1925, the currency was reformed with 100 kronen (old) = one groschen (new) and 100 groschen = one schilling. This type was struck 1935-36, before the Nazi Anschluss, and is worthless in all grades although the proofs are scarce.

Recorded mintage: 12,635,000 plus proofs.

Specification: 5.5 g, copper-nickel, 24 mm diameter, plain edge, designed by Gudrun Baudisch and Michael Powolny.

Catalog reference: KM-2854.

Source:

• 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.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 54, featuring selections from the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.

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