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| Issuer | Austrian Mint (Münze Österreich) |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 2019 - Proof - 30,000 |
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Austria's "Cosmology" series, of which this piece is part, ran across multiple years and leaned heavily on scientific themes timed to anniversaries and public interest in space exploration. The 2019 release aligned with the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 — July 1969 being the obvious hook — though Austria had no direct involvement in the mission and the coin is straightforwardly commemorative rather than tied to any domestic institutional history.
Münze Österreich has produced niobium-core bimetallic issues in parallel series; this sterling silver piece is the simpler sibling format, with mintages kept deliberately low to sustain collector demand across the run.