Part of Austria's long-running federal states series, this copper issue commemorates Lower Austria — the state that entirely surrounds Vienna while hosting the provincial capital at St. Pölten, a city that only assumed that role in 1986 after decades of administrative dispute. The series was struck in both a standard copper circulation version and a silver proof, with the copper pieces seeing genuine pocket use despite their commemorative framing.
Part of Austria's long-running federal states series, this copper issue commemorates Lower Austria — the state that entirely surrounds Vienna while hosting the provincial capital at St. Pölten, a city that only assumed that role in 1986 after decades of administrative dispute. The series was struck in both a standard copper circulation version and a silver proof, with the copper pieces seeing genuine pocket use despite their commemorative framing.