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50 Schilling Austrian European Union Presidency
| Issuer | Austrian Mint (Münze Österreich) |
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| Year | 1998 |
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| Composition | Bimetallic: copper-nickel plated nickel centre in aluminium bronze ring |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIK ÖSTERREICH 50 H WÄHNER · SCHILLING · |
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Austria assumed the rotating presidency of the EU Council in the second half of 1998 — its first such presidency since joining the Union in 1995. The commemorative issue coincided with a politically charged moment: Austria was simultaneously preparing for the transition to the euro, scheduled to replace the Schilling on January 1, 2002, making this one of the final years in which a Schilling-denominated commemorative carried any forward-looking institutional weight.