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5 Euros Tyrolean Resistance
| Issuer | Austrian Mint |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | The obverse of this nonagonal silver coin displays a central roundel bearing the large numeral '5' in relief, surrounded by a nine-pointed star design whose segments contain the heraldic shields of the nine Austrian federal states. The shields are rendered in fine detail within alternating triangular and curved fields of the star pattern. A plain inner border separates this central design from the outer legend. The circular inscription reads 'REPUBLIK ÖSTERREICH' across the upper arc, with '•EURO•' positioned along the lower arc. The overall design was engraved by Thomas Pesendorfer. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts two half-length figures representing Tyrolean freedom fighters of the 1809 uprising against Napoleonic occupation. On the left stands a younger male figure grasping a pole or weapon, while to the right appears an older bearded man wearing a broad-brimmed hat, evoking the image of Andreas Hofer and his companions. Above and between the figures, a Tyrolean eagle with spread wings rises in the field. The legend 'TIROLER FREIHEIT' is inscribed in two lines across the upper field, with the commemorative dates '1809' and '2009' positioned to the right in the middle field. The design was engraved by Helmut Andexlinger. |
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Issued to mark the bicentenary of the Tyrolean Rebellion against Napoleonic occupation, this coin commemorates Andreas Hofer's 1809 uprising — a peasant-led insurgency that twice expelled French and Bavarian forces from Innsbruck before Napoleon personally ordered its suppression. Hofer was captured in February 1810 and shot by firing squad in Mantua, becoming the defining martyr of Austrian national memory.
Austria's .800 silver 5 Euro series from this period was deliberately pitched as affordable commemorative coinage, not collector bullion. The alloy choice reflects that mandate precisely.