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1000 Schilling Die Buchmalerei
| Issuer | Münze Österreich |
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| Year | 2001 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field features a richly detailed depiction inspired by a medieval illuminated manuscript, showing two seated scholars or scribes engaged in study within an ornate historiated initial, framed by elaborate acanthus scrollwork and flanked at left by a heron motif. To the right, a panel of Gothic blackletter script evokes the manuscript tradition. The legend REPUBLIK ÖSTERREICH arcs across the upper field, with the denomination 1000 SCHILLING inscribed along the lower margin and the date 2001 in the exergue. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Part of Austria's long-running "Art of Writing" series celebrating medieval illuminated manuscripts, this issue draws on a tradition of goldsmith and scribal craft that flourished in the monasteries of the Holy Roman Empire. The series was among the last Austrian collector issues denominated in Schillings before the euro replaced the currency on January 1, 2002 — making the entire run a deliberate farewell to a monetary unit that had existed, with interruptions, since 1925.