Catalog
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
| Issuer | Austrian Mint (Münze Österreich) |
|---|---|
| Year | 2017 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | REPUBLIK ÖSTERREICH 5 · EURO · |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Austria's "Silver Niobium" commemorative program gets most of the collector attention, but the parallel bimetallic and silver series issued under themed rubrics like this one tends to circulate quietly into collections without much scrutiny. The Danube Waltz coin belongs to a multi-year "Voices of Austria" series, each issue tying a musical work to national identity — a deliberate institutional response to the Austrian Mint's need to maintain collector revenue as bullion premiums tightened in the mid-2010s.
The .800 fineness places it in an older Central European silver tradition, predating decimalization-era coinage standards.