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New Member
Australia
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Hi all, I'm after some information that I'm sure somebody here will have, maybe an Austrian resident. What I want to know is, were 100 silver schillings such as these minted from 1974-79 released into circulation and used as everyday coins or were they just a commemorative or bullion  for collectors? |
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Moderator
 Australia
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Nobody was using silver coins actually in circulation that late. They may have been issued at face value by the banks (whether this was actually the case in Austria or not I am uncertain), but they were neither intended for circulation nor actually circulated to any great extent.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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I stand to be corrected, but the latest date I can find for a common silver circulation coin anywhere in the world is the Austrian 10 Schillings of 1974.
I understand that Mexico issued .925 fine bi metallic 10 and 20 peso coins in the the 1990's.
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Pillar of the Community
Germany
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Not that it matters much, but here in Germany silver 5 DM coins were in circulation until 1975. As for the Austrian 100 S coins, those were commems or collector coins of course, but I think they were issued at face value.
Austria, Germany and Switzerland still do that, even today, with most silver coins. Which means you can pick them up at face, at certain banks for example, but they do not actually occur in circulation.
Christian
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12/13/2010 1:12 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Germany
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I collected austrian coins when I lived there (Just the other side of that church in villach to be precise) but I have never seen these coins before, so they were not circulating coins, but I think I want one!
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New Member
 Australia
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Thanks to all the replies, I asked the question because of the high mintage numbers of these coins, augsburger they can be found quite cheap on ebay, I got these at about $9 or $10au each. |
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Australia
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I have been looking through the PCGS set registry and they have a registry, Austrian 100 schilling circulation stikes 1974-79, which these coins are. Circulation strike means a coin made for circulation if I'm not wrong, maybe I am. Can anybody explain this a little more to me please.
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Pillar of the Community
Germany
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Have no idea about that registry and its terminology, but here are the "population figures" for these three issues:
Kärnten 1976: ST/N 1.53 million - ST/U 103,000 - PP 168,000
Villach 1978: ST/N 1.49m - ST/U 77,000 - PP 131,000
Bregenz 1979: ST/N 1.50m - ST/U 73,400 - PP 161,600
Now "ST/N" is unc - the quality that you get when you pick such a coin (raw, from rolls) up at a bank. "ST/U" is basically BU, and "PP" is proof. Again, these pieces are collector coins, but since many of them were issued at face, you could at least theoretically use them in circulation. Practically, the only "special" Schilling coins that circulated were the brass 20 S and (to a considerably lesser extent) the bimetallic 50 S pieces.
Christian
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