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5 Euros
| Issuer | Austria |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Reverse description | Central design depicts a medieval enthronement scene, showing a crowned ruler seated on a throne and attended by mounted knights or nobles on horseback to either side, rendered in a detailed relief style evoking Ottonian or Carolingian manuscript illustration. The legend '1000 JAHRE ÖSTARRICHI' arcs along the upper border, commemorating the millennium of the first recorded use of the name Austria. The inscription 'ANNO 996' flanks the central figure in the field, referencing the historic document of 996 AD in which the name 'Ostarrichi' first appears. |
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| Reverse lettering | 1000 JAHRE ÖSTARRICHI ANNO 996 |
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Austria's 5 Euro pieces of this period were issued under the "X" catalog designation because they fall outside the standard circulation series — struck as collector pieces while the schilling remained legal tender. This particular issue predates Austria's 1999 entry into the eurozone by three years, making the denomination itself a deliberate anticipatory gesture, the currency name adopted before any monetary union obligation technically required it.