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2½ Euros Wiener Schatzkammer
| Issuer | Austria |
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| Year | 1998 |
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| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features a panoramic cityscape of Vienna in the upper field, depicting recognizable architectural landmarks including a Gothic spire, Baroque facades, and alpine mountains in the background. A ring of twelve European stars borders the upper rim. In the center, the denomination '2½ EURO' is inscribed in large characters across the middle of the field. The lower half is dominated by the Austrian heraldic shield (a fess argent on gules), flanked by stars continuing the European motif. The date '1998' appears above the legend 'AUSTRIA', which is prominently rendered in large letters across the lower field. |
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| Reverse lettering | WIENER SCHATZKAMMER INSIGNIEN DES HL. RÖM. REICHES |
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The 2½ euro denomination never circulated in Austria and exists entirely outside the country's normal monetary framework — it was created specifically for collector issues in the late 1990s, before euro adoption, as a way to produce commemorative pieces denominated in the incoming currency. The Wiener Schatzkammer, the Imperial Treasury housed in the Hofburg, holds one of the most intact collections of Habsburg dynastic regalia in existence, including the 10th-century Imperial Crown of the Holy Roman Empire.