Austria 1936 50 groschen

Steve Album Auction 52, lot 820

This specimen was lot 820 in Steve Album Auction 52 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $156. The catalog description^[1] noted, "AUSTRIA: Republic, 50 groschen, 1936, scarce key date, a superb lustrous mint state example! PCGS graded MS65." In 1925, the currency was reformed with 100 kronen (old) = one groschen (new) and 100 groschen = one schilling. This type was struck 1935-36, a few years before the anschluss with Nazi Germany.

Recorded mintage: 1,200,000 plus proofs.

Specification: 5.5 g, copper-nickel, 24 mm diameter, plain edge, engraved by Gudrun Baudisch.

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 Dustin Wagner, Auction 52, featuring the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection and the Almer H. Orr III Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.

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