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25th Thaler of Europe
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| Year | 1983 |
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| Composition | Silver (.625) |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the stylized letter 'E' — the Europa symbol — rendered in relief against a mirror-polished background, flanked by a wreath composed of laurel on the left and oak on the right. Surrounding the central device is a circle of twelve five-pointed stars, emblematic of the European Community. The trilingual peripheral legend reads, separated by raised dots: '25. EUROPA-TALER', '25TH THALER OF EUROPE', and '25 ME ÉCU D'EUROPE', with the date '1983' appearing above the central motif. The fineness mark '625Ag' and the denomination indicator 'E' appear in the lower field. |
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| Reverse description | The central device depicts a large ark — labelled 'ARCHE EUROPA' — rendered in high relief, its curved wooden hull dominating the field; the deck bears a house with trees, animals, and figures, while an anchor hangs at the bow and figures appear at the base of the hull. The upper peripheral legend reads 'JUGEND SIEHT EUROPA' (Youth Sees Europe) in raised letters, and the lower peripheral legend reads 'EUROPÄISCHER WETTBEWERB' (European Competition), referencing the pan-European youth competition for which this piece was issued. The overall composition is bold and pictorial, executed in a medallic style with contrasting polished and frosted surfaces. |
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Issued under Austria's commemorative coinage program, this piece belongs to a series that ran through the 1970s and 1980s promoting pan-European cultural and historical themes. The fractional thaler denomination was a deliberate revival of Habsburg monetary nomenclature — purely ceremonial by 1983, but chosen specifically to invoke Central European monetary tradition rather than the metric schilling system.