Austria 2004 20 cent

from the Mountain Groan Collection

The specimen shown is an example of a type struck in Austria, 2002-07. Austria began minting euros in 2002. The admission of additional members caused the reverse to be redesigned in 2008 to show the enlarged zone.

Recorded mintage: 54,800,000 plus 100,000 for BU sets plus 20,000 proofs.

Specification: 5.74 g., Brass, 22.25 mm diameter. Obv: gate of the Belvedere Palace in Vienna; Rev: Value at right, relief map of European Union at right by Luc Luycx; Edge: notched.

Catalog reference: KM 3086.

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.

Link to:

• 2002 2 euro
• 2004 25 euro, 150th Anniversary of Semmering Alpine Railway
• 2005 cent
• 2019 20 cent
• Coins and currency dated 2004
• return to coins of Austria