Silver Vienna Philharmonic Coins
- June 19, 2010
Austrian Silver Vienna Philharmonic Coin
Austrian Silver Vienna Philharmonic Coin
Being a coin collector can allow you to see a wide variety of currencies. However, one coin that you will want to add to your collection is going to be the Austrian Silver Vienna Philharmonic coin. This beautiful silver bullion coin was introduced in 2008. Although each coin does have a face value of 1.5 Euros, they are only legal tender in Austria, minted by the Austrian Mint in Vienna. This very unique silver coin will be a great addition to your collection for the following reasons, some of them you might already know about and some that you might not know about.
One reason that these will be a great addition is that they are minted in .999 pure silver and weigh in at precisely one Troy ounce per coin. Another reason is that the unique design of the coins. They are designed with painstaking and absolute attention to detail, to bring a perfect and stunning result. There is no limitation, as with other coins, on production but numbers minted are primarily down to demand.
For the 2010 coins, the beautiful design by Thomas Pesendorfer, shows on the obverse, pictures the “Great Pipe Organ” from the Golden Concert Hall, Vienna or “Musikwerein”. The home and concert hall to the Philharmonic orchestra. Inscribed below this is “1 Unze Feinsilber”, one ounce pure silver when translated. There is also the country of origin, The Republic of Austria, along with the year of issue, 2010 and the face value of 1.5 Euros.
On the reverse is displayed a very popular design of instruments used by the philharmonic. Violins, a harp, a horn and others. Above this are the words, “Weiner Philharmoniker”, or Vienna Philharmonic.
The design of the Austrian Silver Vienna Philharmonic Coin changes each year in some way and in doing this makes collecting a lot more avid, as collectors world wide look forward to the release of these much sought after coins. Although these are quite freely available, any collector needs to think about ordering the coin swiftly before it becomes unavailable due to the extreme popularity and the next year`s coin is minted. After which the price for past years would increase dramatically.
