Austria 2002 euro

from the Mountain Groan Collection

The specimen shown is an example of a type struck in Austria, 2002-2007. The admission of additional members caused the reverse to be redesigned in 2007 to show the enlarged zone (KM 3142).

Recorded mintage: 223,500,000 plus 100,000 BU's for sets plus 10,000 proofs.

Specification: 7.5 g., Bi-Metallic Copper-Nickel center in Brass ring, 23.25 mm diameter. Obv: Bust of Mozart right within inner circle, stars in outer circle by Josef Kaiser; Rev: Value at left, expanded relief map of European Union at right by Luc Luycx; Edge: Reeded and plain sections.

Catalog reference: KM 3088.

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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