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100 Schilling Herzog Rudolf IV
| Issuer | Austrian Mint |
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| Year | 2001 |
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| Weight | 20 g |
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| Obverse description | The obverse depicts a medieval scholarly scene in low relief, showing a seated figure on the left reading from an open book to a group of four kneeling or seated attendants who hold and study documents. The composition is rendered in a stylized Gothic illustrative manner, evoking illuminated manuscript imagery. The arc legend REPUBLIK ÖSTERREICH curves along the upper rim, with the year 2001 incorporated to the right. The denomination 100 SCHILLING appears in bold lettering along the lower rim. The design occupies the full field within a plain border. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIK ÖSTERREICH 100 SCHILLING (Translation: Republic of Austria 100 Schillings) |
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Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria, was a determined forger — literally. In 1358 he fabricated the Privilegium Maius, a set of documents granting Austria privileges far beyond what Emperor Charles IV had actually conferred, including the title of Archduke. Charles had the documents examined by Petrarch, who identified them as fraudulent. Rudolf died in 1365 at twenty-six, but the forged privileges were eventually authenticated and confirmed by Frederick III in 1453, nearly a century after the fact.
Rudolf also founded the University of Vienna in 1365, the second-oldest in the German-speaking world.