For Sale:
Austria 10 Euro Copper Uncirculated Coin 2014 - Tyrol - Austria Piece by Piece
Country: Austria
Face Value: 10 Euro
Theme: Tyrol
Collection: Austria Piece by Piece
Position in Series: 6th out of 10
Composition: Copper
Quality: Uncirculated
Year: 2014
Weight: 15 g
Mintage: 130,000
Coin Shape: Round
Diameter: 32 mm
Edge: Interrupted Reeded
Edge Inscription: None
Packaging: Lighthouse Capsule
Condition: See images
Certificate: No Certificate Issued
Mint: Austrian Mint
Designer: Herbert Wähner
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Description:
No other Austrian province is as resonant outside Austria as the Tyrol.
Its famous feathered hats are partly responsible for that; so too are its soaring alpine peaks, which captured the world's imagination during the 1976 Winter Olympics in the provincial capital, Innsbruck.
For many those peaks represent the archetypical Austrian landscape, but the Tyrol is far more than that.
Steeped in culture, it is Austria's third largest province and the only one split into two parts, North and East Tyrol.
The sixth coin in our educational Austria Piece by Piece series, which was co-designed by the country's school children, celebrates this enchanting land.
A folkloric dance festival recognised by UNESCO as intangible cultural heritage is depicted in intricate detail on the coin's obverse.
Known as the 'Telfer Schleicherlaufen', the festival takes place every five years in the town of Telfs and is famous for its distinctive hats.
Telfs is shown in the background nestling under a rugged peak, while the alpine theme is continued on the coin's reverse in the winning collage from the school competition to co-design the coin.
In its centre, next to other famous Tyrolean symbols, lies a different kind of headgear - what else but a Tyrolean hat!
About Euro Collector Coins:
Euro 'Collection Coins' are coins issued by Individual Member States.
These coins can not have a face value of 1c, 2c, 5c, 10c, 20c, €1, or €2.
They are legal tender within the issuing state.
The European Council concludes that other member states should also accept these coins (via their respective National Central Banks [transaction fee may apply]) thus effectively making them legal tender through the euro zone.