Mintage |
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Position: 1 Year: 2005 AD Mint: Austrian Mint Mintage: 65 000 Add. Info: Special Uncirculated |
Position: 1 Year: 2005 AD Mintage: 65 000 Add. Info: Special Uncirculated |
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Position: 1 Source: Austrian Mint Link: https://www.muenzeoesterreich.at/ Cover: Yes
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Position: 1 Source: Austrian Mint Link: http:// Cover: Yes
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Position: 2 Source: Austrian Mint Link: https://www.muenzeoesterreich.at/ Cover: Yes
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Position: 2 Source: Austrian Mint Link: http:// Cover: Yes
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Obverse lettering |
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REPUBLIK ÖSTERREICH
2005
· 25 EURO · |
REPUBLIK ÖSTERREICH
· 25 EURO · |
Obverse description |
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The original test pattern of the 1950's. Considered something of a classic of retro design in Austria today, the original 1950s Austrian TV test card, used for calibration and focusing at the beginning and end of the broadcasting day, features on the purple niobium core of the coin’s obverse. The country of origin and face value are shown in its outer silver ring. |
The original test pattern of the 1950's. Considered something of a classic of retro design in Austria today, the original 1950s Austrian TV test card, used for calibration and focusing at the beginning and end of the broadcasting day, features on the purple niobium core of the coin’s obverse. The country of origin and face value are shown in its outer silver ring.
Engraver: H. Andexlinger |
Reverse Object |
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Device and tools (watch, compass, telescope etc.) → TV |
Discovery, invention → Television |
Reverse description |
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Milestones in the history of television, ranging from an analogue fifties TV set to contemporary digital satellite dishes, are depicted in the silver ring on the coin’s reverse, as is the inscription “50 years of television” in German. An old-fashioned TV antenna superimposed over the European section of the globe is depicted in the niobium core. |
Milestones in the history of television, ranging from an analogue fifties TV set to contemporary digital satellite dishes, are depicted in the silver ring on the coin’s reverse, as is the inscription “50 years of television” in German. An old fashioned TV antenna superimposed over the European section of the globe is depicted in the niobium core.
Engraver: H. Andexlinger |
Coin description |
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Without doubt one of the most influential of all inventions, television has dominated people’s lives for more than half a century. The Austrian Mint’s gifted engravers wonderfully evoke the birth of the ‘box’ in this 2005 edition of the 25 Euro Silver Niobium series.
Television (TV) is a telecommunication medium used for transmitting moving images in monochrome (black and white), or in colour, and in two or three dimensions and sound. Television became available in crude experimental forms in the late 1920s, but it would still be several years before the new technology would be marketed to consumers. After World War II, an improved form of black-and-white TV broadcasting became popular in the United States and Britain, and television sets became commonplace in homes, businesses, and institutions.
The coin contains 9 grammes of 900 Fine silver in its outer ring and 6.5 grammes of 998 pure niobium. Each coin is encapsulated, boxed and comes complete with a numbered certificate guaranteeing its authenticity.
Engraver: H. Andexlinger |
Without doubt one of the most influential of all inventions, television has dominated people’s lives for more than half a century. The Austrian Mint’s gifted engravers wonderfully evoke the birth of the ‘box’ in this 2005 edition of the 25 euro Silver Niobium series.
Television (TV) is a telecommunication medium used for transmitting moving images in monochrome (black and white), or in colour, and in two or three dimensions and sound. Television became available in crude experimental forms in the late 1920s, but it would still be several years before the new technology would be marketed to consumers. After World War II, an improved form of black-and-white TV broadcasting became popular in the United States and Britain, and television sets became commonplace in homes, businesses, and institutions.
With a maximum mintage of 65,000 pieces in Special Uncirculated quality only, the coin contains 9 grammes of 900 Fine silver in its outer ring and 6.5 grammes of 998 pure niobium. Each coin is encapsulated, boxed and comes complete with a numbered certificate guaranteeing its authenticity. |