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50 Schilling Winter Olympics
| Issuer | Austrian Mint (Münze Österreich) |
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| Year | 1964 |
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| Composition | Silver (.900) (Copper .100) |
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| Reverse description | A dynamic, high-relief depiction of a ski jumper in full flight dominates the field, shown in left profile in a streamlined aerodynamic posture with skis extended forward, a stylised Alpine mountain panorama rendered in the lower background. The five-ring Olympic symbol is positioned in the upper field above the athlete. The engraver's name GRIENAUER appears in small lettering below the ski jumper's skis. The encircling legend reads 'IX·OLYMPISCHE WINTERSPIELE 1964·INNSBRUCK·', referencing the IX Winter Olympic Games held in Innsbruck, Austria. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Austria issued this coin to commemorate the 1964 Winter Olympics held in Innsbruck — the first Winter Games awarded to an Austrian city, secured after a 1959 IOC vote in Munich. Innsbruck had lost its bid for the 1960 Games to Squaw Valley just two years earlier, making the successful bid politically significant for the Austrian government.
A warm winter forced organizers to truck in snow from Yugoslavia and the Italian Alps, a logistical scramble that became one of the more discussed stories of those Games.