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10 Euros Schloss Hof Castle
| Issuer | Münze Österreich (Austrian Mint) |
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| Year | 2003 |
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| Value | 10 Euros |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a finely detailed relief composition derived from a Baroque decorative tile or fresco motif associated with Schloss Hof, depicting two elegantly dressed courtly figures engaged in a garden scene. The central female figure, attired in elaborate period dress adorned with floral patterns, holds a large cornucopia or basket of flowers, while a male figure in Baroque costume with a feathered hat stands to her right, the two appearing to exchange a flower or token. A watering can rests at their feet amid garden foliage, and in the upper background a schematic representation of a palace façade is visible between two diagonal lines suggesting garden paths. The composition fills the field to the rim with no peripheral legend, the entire design executed in a stylized, decorative relief technique inspired by Baroque tilework. |
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Schloss Hof was acquired by Prince Eugene of Savoy in 1725 and transformed into one of the most ambitious Baroque estate complexes in Central Europe, with terraced gardens descending to the Marchfeld plain. After Eugene's death in 1736 it passed to Maria Theresa, who expanded it further and used it as a favored imperial retreat. Austria's silver commemorative program of the early 2000s worked through a rotating roster of architectural monuments, and Schloss Hof appeared in the series before the estate had completed its long post-Soviet restoration — the gardens were only fully reconstructed to their 18th-century layout around 2008.