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5 Euros Lucky Leap
| Issuer | Austrian Mint |
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| Year | 2024 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The obverse displays the Republic of Austria's coat of arms at center, surrounded by the coats of arms of the nine Austrian federal states arranged in a circular composition. The country name and denomination appear as legends around the design within the nonagonal field. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a radiant anthropomorphic sun at center, its smiling face rendered in high relief with stylized flames and rays extending outward across the field. In the upper left, a ribbon cartouche bears the inscription 'FEBRUAR 2024', while to the upper right a depiction of Pope Gregory XIII is shown alongside the Latin inscription 'GREGORIO XIII. Anno M.D.LXXXII.' referencing his introduction of the Gregorian calendar in 1582. Below the sun, a calendar grid for February 2024 is displayed with day-of-week abbreviations 'M D M D F S S' and dates 1 through 29, commemorating the leap year. Astronomical and heraldic ornamental elements populate the surrounding field. |
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Austria's "Lucky Leap" silver issue marks 2024 as a leap year — one of only three such commemorative programs the Austrian Mint has produced around the February 29 calendar anomaly. The Gregorian correction that created the leap year rule, formalized under Pope Gregory XIII's 1582 calendar reform, dropped ten days from October of that year and recalibrated the intercalary system that Julius Caesar's astronomers had imperfectly established in 46 BC.
The .925 fineness places this outside Austria's standard fine silver issues, suggesting a deliberate alloy choice for surface quality on a coin aimed squarely at the gift market.