Austria 2002 2 euro

from the Mountain Groan Collection

The specimen shown is an example of a type struck in Austria, 2002-06. Austria began minting euros in 2002. The admission of additional members caused the reverse to be redesigned in 2007 to show the enlarged zone.

Recorded mintage: 196,500,000.

Specification: 8.52 g., Bi-Metallic Brass center in Copper-Nickel ring, 25.75 mm diameter. Obv: Bust of Bertha von Suttner, Novelist and winner of 1905 Peace Prize, facing left within inner circle, stars in outer circle by Josef Kaiser; Rev: Value at left, relief map of European Union at right by Luc Luycx Edge: Reeded and lettered: 2 EURO and stars.

Catalog reference: KM 3089.

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, 2001-Date, 13th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2018.

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