Austria 5 Euro Copper (.999) Uncirculated Coin 2020 - 150th Anniversary of Vienna's Musikverein Concert Hall - New Year Coins

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Austria 5 Euro Copper (.999) Uncirculated Coin 2020 - 150th Anniversary of Vienna's Musikverein Concert Hall - New Year Coins

Sellers Note:
This coin; issued by the Austrian Mint is part of a long running series that comes in both Copper and Silver.
This coin is the Copper version in Uncirculated Quality and is composed of Fine Copper (99.9%).
Although issued as a loose coin they have been encapsulated in a high quality 'Lighthouse Capsule'.
Each coin of the series has a unique obverse with a common reverse design and has a Nonagon shape (9 sides).
Being of a low face value of €5 and not being composed of a precious metal makes these beautifully designed coins a reasonably low cost collection.

Country: Austria
Face Value: 5 Euro
Theme: 150th Anniversary of Vienna's Musikverein Concert Hall
Collection: New Year Coins
Composition: Fine Copper (.999)
Quality: Uncirculated
Year: 2020
Weight: 8.90 g
Fine Weight: 8.89 g (0.29 Troy Oz)
Mintage: 200,000
Coin Shape: Nonagon
Diameter: 28.50 mm
Edge: Interrupted Reeded
Edge Inscription: None
Packaging: Lighthouse Capsule
Condition: See images
Certificate: No Certificate Issued
Mint: Austrian Mint AG
Designer: Mag. Helmut Andexlinger, Herbert Wähner

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Description:
Celebrating the 150th anniversary of the opening of Vienna's legendary Musikverein concert hall in 1870, the New Year coin 2020 features the Greek god, Apollo.
The image of the god of music and dance is taken from a frieze, designed by August Eisenmenger (1830-1907), found on the ceiling of the Golden Hall of the Musikverein, the spiritual home of classical music in the Austrian capital.
New Year in Austria is all about music. We wish you a harmonious 2020.
Considered one of the finest concert halls in the world, the Musikverein was designed by Danish architect Theophil Hansen in the Neoclassical style of an ancient Greek temple.
The building was inaugurated on 6 January 1870, when the first night audience was captivated by the combination of its architectural and acoustic beauty.
However, the legendary sound of the Golden Hall is not the product of scientific precision but of fortuitous happenstance, as Hansen had to rely on his intuition rather than on studies of architectural acoustics. Fortunately, the wonderful architecture resulted in sublime sound.
In Eisenmenger's frieze, the youthful Apollo floats above the audience, no doubt buoyed by all the beauty he has witnessed over the past century and a half.
The coin motif shows him, lyre in hand, a toga covering his lower body. In the background, the famous organ of the Golden Hall can be seen.