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Austria Euro Design

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Austrian euro coins have a unique design for each denomination, with a common theme for each of the three series of coins. The minor coins feature Austrian flowers, the middle coins examples of architecture from Austria's capital, Vienna, and the two major coins famous Austrians. All designs are by the hand of Josef Kaiser and also include the 12 stars of the EU and the year of imprint.

Austrian euro coinage - Obverse side
€ 0.01 € 0.02 € 0.05
euro cent Austria
euro 2cent Austria
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The gentian, a flower of the Austrian Alps The edelweiss, a flower of the Austrian Alps The primrose, a flower of the Austrian Alps
€ 0.10 € 0.20 € 0.50
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St. Stephen's Cathedral, Viennese Gothic architecture The Belvedere Palace, an example of the Baroque The Secession Building, an example of art nouveau
€ 1.00 € 2.00 € 2 Coin Edge
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 "2 EURO" with ***, repeated 4 times alternately upright and inverted.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,
famous Austrian composer		 Bertha von Suttner, the Austrian radical pacifist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate