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10 Schilling Copper-nickel
| Issuer | Austrian Mint (Münze Österreich) |
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| Year | 1974-2001 |
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| Engraver(s) | Obverse: Kurt Bodlak Reverse: Ferdinand Welz |
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| Obverse description | The Austrian Federal Eagle displayed at center, bearing the national escutcheon on its breast, with a mural crown on its head, a hammer in its right talon and a sickle in its left, and a broken chain at the talons symbolizing liberation. The encircling legend REPUBLIK ÖSTERREICH runs along the upper and lower periphery of the field, separated by two raised dots. |
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| Reverse description | A right-facing portrait of a woman wearing the traditional Goldhaube headdress of Lower Austria occupies the central field, flanked by the denomination numeral 10 to the left and the word SCHILLING to the right. The year of issue appears to the right of the portrait, and the engraver's name WELZ is inscribed below, identifying the work of Ferdinand Welz. |
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Austria's 10-Schilling piece ran for nearly three decades before the schilling was retired on January 1, 2002, when Austria joined the eurozone. The coin's longevity meant it accumulated an enormous cumulative mintage across those years, yet late-date pieces from the 1990s were struck in sharply reduced numbers as the end of the schilling was already anticipated — some annual issues from that final decade are genuinely scarce in uncirculated condition.
The copper-nickel plated nickel composition was a cost-reduction measure adopted in the early 1970s amid rising raw material prices globally. Earlier schilling coinage had used straight copper-nickel; the switch is subtle but detectable by weight distribution and surface tone on worn examples.