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50 Euros Austria
| Issuer | Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato |
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| Year | 2003 |
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| Weight | 16.13 g |
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| Obverse lettering | 2003 RI E.L. FRAPICCINI (Translation: Italian Republic) |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Austria's gold euro commemoratives issued in the early 2000s were produced under contract by Italy's Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato in Rome — an arrangement that raised eyebrows among collectors accustomed to the long tradition of the Vienna Mint. The 2003 issue falls within a series tied to Austrian art history, each denomination anchored to a specific cultural subject rather than a unified annual theme.
Fr#1542 places this piece squarely in the Friedberg gold census, where Austrian 20th and 21st century issues remain modestly tracked compared to the heavily catalogued ducats of earlier centuries.