Obverse. Photo © Austrian Mint
  • 25 Euro 2025, Austria, Silver Niobium Coin, Digitisation
  • 25 Euro 2025, Austria, Silver Niobium Coin, Digitisation
Description

The 2025 Silver Niobium coin is dedicated to technological progress and artificial intelligence (AI). Both sides of the coin depict the evolution of technology, illustrating its dynamic transformation from past communication methods to modern innovations. The outer ring highlights historical technologies, while the niobium core showcases present-day advancements. The central niobium section appears in shades of green and purple, not due to colorization but as a result of precise light refraction, creating its distinctive hues.

Design: Kathrin Kuntner, Rebecca Wilding
Issue date: 12 March 2025

Obverse

Depicts a finger touching a smartphone displaying the time 20:25 (8:25 PM) and offering a choice between three apps: photo, music, and video. Surrounding the central motif, the outer ring of the coin illustrates their analogue counterparts—an old photo camera, a cassette tape, a film reel, and a clock, symbolizing the transition from traditional to digital technology.

REPUBLIK ÖSTERREICH
10
20:25
25 EURO

Reverse

Depicts a computer chip in the colorized center of the coin, displaying the letters "KI" (representing AI in German), with various interconnected elements branching out. Surrounding the chip are symbols representing modern technology, including a cloud icon, an @-sign for communication, a phone symbol, pixels forming a book to represent an e-book, and a production line. The outer ring of the coin showcases their analogue counterparts, including a rotary dial phone, a postage stamp, traditional books, printing letters, and mechanical gears, highlighting the evolution from past to present.

DIGITALISIERUNG
2 1 POST
7 KI
m I S
n X R e

Edge
Characteristics
Type Commemorative Issue (Non-circulating)
Material Bi-Metallic
Ring Silver
Center Niobium
Weight 16.5 g
Diameter 34 mm
Thickness 2.55 mm
Shape round
Alignment Medal
Mint
Austrian Mint

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