Austria 1000 Schilling 1994 800th Anniversary of the Vienna Mint, Bi-metallic coin: Gold and Silver
Obverse: Symbol at center of three circles, two dates above
Reverse: Crowned figure on horseback in center of three circles surrounded by circle of laborers
Subject: 800th Anniversary of the Vienna Mint 1194 -1994
Composition: Bi-Metallic
Weight: 39.8000g
Diameter: 40mm
On the side with the tab at the center we can see the entire coin generation on the outer surface of silver - then and now - track. It is the first time that the complete production process to a coin motif was. In an informal arrangement we see: the medieval embossing master (probably a Wiener Pfennig impressed) with his apprentice, the master shot with assistant in cutting the Zaine - after a screw press (from about 1700). A time jump leads to administrative staff today coin. Then comes the minting of coins in proof quality, followed by the work of Stempelpolierers - next to the stamp itself with a blank for stamping in between. We go back to the 19th century. The friction press with belt drive is a further development of the screw press. The next figures show the stamping of the coin blanks (blanks), the tool maker at the workbench and the engraver, the coins are the image. The rollers of the Zaine and the casting of the coin material finish the dance.
In 1194, Duke Leopold VI of Austria was paid 15 tonnes of silver by Richard the Lionheart. On his way back from the crusades Richard had been captured and imprisoned by the Duke in retaliation for a previous insult; he paid the bounty to secure his release from prison. Leopold decided to strike coins from the silver, marking the beginning of the history of minting in Vienna (though the Vienna Mint was not actually mentioned in historical documents for another 200 years).
The mint was originally located near the Hoher Markt, then relocated to the Wollzeile. Subsequently, it was housed in Prince Eugene’s winter palace in Himmelpfortgasse, before finally moving to its present home at Heumarkt, central Vienna, in the 19th century.
Though other mints were established across Austria in the past, the Vienna Principal Mint became the sole mint when the Republic of Austria was formed in 1919. The mint changed its name to Münze Österreich ("Austrian Mint") when it became a subsidiary of the National Bank of Austria in 1989.