| Obverse description |
The coloured niobium centre depicts an index finger touching a smartphone screen, with digital icons for Play, Camera, and Music alongside a digital clock illustrating the device's multifunctionality. The silver ring surrounding the centre features engraved analog counterparts including a camera, a film reel, and a cassette tape, underscoring the thematic contrast between analog and digital worlds. The state title REPUBLIK ÖSTERREICH appears in the legend of the silver ring, together with the face value 25 EURO and the date 2025 rendered in a stylised format. |
| Reverse description |
The silver outer ring is engraved with a series of analog objects including letters, rotary-dial telephones, books, mechanical gears, and movable type characters, representing pre-digital communication and industry. The coloured niobium centre features their digital equivalents rendered in green and purple hues: a cloud with @ symbols, a telephone handset icon, a pixelated book, and an industrial robot. At the centre of the core, the letters KI (Künstliche Intelligenz, German for Artificial Intelligence) appear within a stylised microchip motif, symbolising the convergence of all digital technologies. The legend DIGITALISIERUNG (Digitalisation) appears prominently in the field of the silver ring, accompanied by alphanumeric characters and symbols referencing the digital environment. |
