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5 Euro Cents
| Issuer | Austrian Mint (Münze Österreich) |
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| Year | 2002-2024 |
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| Weight | 3.92 g |
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| Reverse description | The reverse, a common design for all Eurozone 5 euro cent coins by Luc Luycx, displays a large bold numeral '5' occupying the left and central field, with the denomination legend EURO CENT inscribed to the upper right of the numeral. A globe rendered in relief occupies the lower right, depicting Europe and Africa in the foreground against a meridian grid, symbolizing Europe's place in the world. Diagonal lines and a semicircle of six five-pointed stars appear in the lower portion of the field, while a further arc of six stars is positioned to the upper right, together forming the twelve-star EU motif. The engraver's initials LL appear in small characters near the globe. |
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| Reverse lettering | 5 EURO CENT LL |
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Austria's euro coins entered circulation on January 1, 2002, when the schilling was retired after 62 years — a currency that had itself been interrupted by the Anschluss in 1938 and replaced with the Reichsmark before being reinstated in 1945. The 5 cent denomination has been struck continuously across more than two decades with no design changes, a deliberate policy of the eurozone's common coinage framework that locks national reverse designs while standardizing the obverse across all member states.
Copper plated steel replaced the copper-aluminum alloys considered in early ECB specifications largely on grounds of cost and magnet-sortability for vending machine compatibility.