Austria 1957 5 schilling

Steve Album sale 38, lot 1565

This specimen was lot 1565 in Stephen Album sale 38 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2020), where it sold for $285.60. The catalog description^[1] noted, "AUSTRIA: Republic, 5 schilling, 1957, key date for the two-year type, NGC graded MS63." This type was struck 1952 and 1957. It was superseded by a silver issue (KM 2889) of 1960-68 which was later converted to copper-nickel.

Recorded mintage: 240,200.

Specification: 4 g, aluminum, 31 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Herinek 35, KM-2879, Schön-72.

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 Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 38, featuring the Dabestani Collection of Persian Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.

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