Austria 500 Schilling Silver Coin 1984 Stift Stams
Commemorative issue: 700th Anniversary - Stift Stams in Tirol
Obverse: Face value within a circle of the nine shields of the federal provinces of Austria, Coat of arms of Austria above the face value.
Lettering: · 700 JAHRE · STIFT STAMS TIROL 1984.
Obverse Design: Edwin Grienauer.
Reverse: Stift Stams in Tirol, small shield below.
Lettering: · REPUBLIK · 500 SCHILLING ÖSTERREICH.
Reverse Design: Alfred Zierler.
Metal: Silver (.925).
Weight: 24 g.
Diameter: 38 mm.
Stams
Stams is a municipality in Imst District, in the Austrian state of Tyrol. It is chiefly known for Cistercian Stams Abbey (Stift Stams), founded in 1273 by Count Meinhard II of Gorizia-Tyrol and his wife.