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10 Euros Burg Theater and Opera
| Issuer | Austrian Mint |
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| Year | 2005 |
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| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features two allegorical theatrical masks in high relief, depicted in profile and facing outward from the centre — one smiling, representing Comedy, and one sorrowful, representing Tragedy — referencing the classical dramaturgy associated with the Burgtheater and the Vienna State Opera. Between the two masks, crossed theatrical or musical attributes are visible, and the Austrian shield appears at the apex of the composition. The arc legend 'WIEDERERÖFFNUNG VON BURG UND OPER' curves along the upper rim, with the year '1955' positioned at the lower right, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the reopening of both institutions following World War II. The engraver's signature 'WÄHNER' is visible in the lower right field. |
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The Burgtheater, one of the oldest continuously operating German-language theaters in the world, was founded by imperial decree of Maria Theresa in 1741. Austria's euro commemorative silver program, launched at the introduction of the euro, assigned specific cultural and architectural monuments to individual issues — this coin belongs to that ongoing series pairing two Viennese landmarks on a single piece. The Vienna State Opera, reopened in 1955 after Allied bombing destroyed much of the building in 1945, carries particular postwar significance for Austrians who treated that reopening as a marker of national recovery.