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50 Euro Cents 2nd map
| Issuer | Oesterreichische Nationalbank |
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| Year | 2008-2024 |
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| Diameter | 24.25 mm |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features a frontal view of the Secession Building in Vienna, the celebrated Art Nouveau exhibition hall designed by Joseph Maria Olbrich and completed in 1898, rendered in fine relief at centre. The structure is presented as a symbol of the Wiener Secession movement and its motto, inscribed in the legend, evokes the building's famous dedication. Surrounding the central motif, the denomination 50 EURO CENT appears in the upper field, while the legend DER ZEIT IHRE KVNST DER KVNST IHRE FREIHEIT and the inscription VER SACRUM, together with the date, encircle the design. Heraldic hatchings representing the red-white-red triband of the Austrian national flag appear in the field, and twelve stars of the European Union frame the composition. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Austria's euro coinage transitioned to the "2nd map" reverse — depicting a full Europe rather than the original EU-15 outline — following the 2004 and 2007 enlargement rounds that made the original design look conspicuously incomplete. The change was mandated across all eurozone members simultaneously in 2007, with new production beginning in 2008.
Nordic gold, despite its name, contains no actual gold. The alloy was specifically engineered by the Swedish company Nordic Brass in the 1990s to resist counterfeiting through its distinctive color stability and electrical conductivity signature, which automated vending equipment can read.