Austria's annual Easter coin series has been issued since 2000, typically in both silver and a lower-cost copper-aluminum version sold alongside it. The 2020 release fell in the first weeks of the COVID-19 lockdowns across Europe, which disrupted normal retail distribution through post offices and bank branches — the usual sales channels for these collector pieces in Austria.
Austria's annual Easter coin series has been issued since 2000, typically in both silver and a lower-cost copper-aluminum version sold alongside it. The 2020 release fell in the first weeks of the COVID-19 lockdowns across Europe, which disrupted normal retail distribution through post offices and bank branches — the usual sales channels for these collector pieces in Austria.