REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA
CELEBRATING AUSTRIA'S MEMBERSHIP IN THE EUROPEAN UNION
FIVE-HUNDRED SCHILLING GOLD AND SILVER BI-METALLIC COIN
CERTIFIED BY NGC PROOF 68 ULTRA CAMEO
OBV: GOLD OUTER RING WITH 12 PIERCED VOIDS IN THE SHAPE OF FIVE-POINTED STARS REPRESENTING THE EMBLEM OF THE EU; WITHIN SILVER CIRCLE A RIBBON FOLDED IN THE SHAPE OF AN "E" WITH 11 FIVE-POINTED STARS VISIBLE, ITS ENDS TOUCHING THE AUSTRIAN HERALDIC SHIELD WHICH IS SET TO THE RIGHT; DENOMINATION BENEATH RIBBON.
REV: CENTER SILVER CIRCLE WITH STYLIZED AUSTRIAN CITYSCAPE WITH BRIDGE, TOWERS, SPIRES AND GARGOYLE WITH DATE BENEATH; GOLD OUTER RING WITH 12 PIERCED VOIDS IN THE SHAPE OF FIVE-POINTED STARS REPRESENTING THE EMBLEM OF THE EU.
KM # 3023
THE EUROPEAN UNION WAS FORMALLY ESTABLISHED WITH THE SIGNING OF THE MAASTRICHT TREATY IN 1993. IN 1995, AUSTRIA, AS WELL AS FINLAND AND SWEDEN, JOINED THE E.U. TODAY, 27 MEMBER STATES ARE A PART OF THIS POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UNION.
CONTAINS 12.8 GRAMS OF GOLD AND SILVER
(0.2572 OA AGW)
(0.1542 OZ ASW)
30 MM IN DIAMETER
