The secession building in Vienna, illustrating the birth of art nouveau in Austria and symbolising the birth of a new age, a bridge to a new monetary era, is encircled by the face value, heraldic hatchings representing the Austrian flag and the twelve stars of Europe
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
50 EURO CENT
DER ZEIT IHRE KVNST
DER KVNST IHRE FREIHEIT
VER SACRUM
2008 (Translation: 50 Euro Cent The Time Your Art Art Your Freedom Sacred 2008)
Reverse description
Geographical map of Europe on a dynamic canvas composed of the twelve stars of the European Union.
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
50 EURO
CENT LL
Edge
Indented
Mint
Mintage
2008 - - 3 000 000 2008 - BU set - 50 000 2008 - Proof - 15 000 2009 - - 14 700 000 2009 - BU set - 75 000 2009 - Proof - 15 000 2010 - - 30 000 000 2010 - BU set - 50 000 2010 - Proof - 15 000 2011 - - 6 000 000 2011 - BU set - 50 000 2011 - Proof - 15 000 2012 - In BU sets only - 50 000 2012 - Proof - 10 000 2013 - In BU sets only - 50 000 2013 - Proof - 10 000 2014 - In BU sets only - 50 000 2014 - Proof - 10 000 2015 - In BU sets only - 50 000 2015 - Proof - 10 000 2016 - - 5 000 000 2016 - BU set - 50 000 2016 - Proof - 10 000 2017 - - 15 000 000 2017 - BU set - 2017 - Proof - 10 000 2018 - - 17 100 000 2018 - BU set - 2018 - Proof - 10 000 2019 - - 2 800 000 2019 - BU set - 2020 - - 14 900 000 2020 - BU set - 2021 - - 7 400 000 2021 - BU set - 50 000 2021 - Proof - 10 000 2022 - - 8 400 000 2022 - BU set - 50 000 2022 - Proof - 10 000 2023 - - 8 400 000 2023 - BU set - 50 000 2023 - Proof - 10 000 2024 - - 2024 - BU set - 100 000