The commemorative series in gold "Celebrated Physicians of Austria" concludes with a coin for the renowned Viennese doctor, Clemens von Pirquet (1874-1929).
Clemens von Pirquet was born in 1874 just outside Vienna. His father had been a member of the imperial parliament, and had proposed Bertha von Suttner for the Nobel Peace Prize (which she received in 1905). His son would be nominated for the Nobel Prize for Medicine five times, unfortunately without the same success.
Clemens began studying theology in 1892, but soon abandoned it. In 1895 he began his study of medicine in Vienna, continuing in Konigsberg (Prussia) and in Graz where he then graduated in 1900. He then went to Berlin to attend a course in pediatrics. Returning to Vienna, he obtained a position at the St. Anna Children’s Hospital, where he also had good facilities for medical research ...
Full Article: Austrian Mint's Physician Clemens von Pirquet Gold Coin - CoinNews
Hannibal crossed the Alps with elephants, Caesar marched over them, Napoleon rode across, ladies and gentlemen were carried across in chairs, but the Grossglockner High Alpine Road enables the crossing from the province of Salzburg to Carinthia in the south by motorcar, bus, motorbike or even bicycle, and that over Austria’s highest mountain — the Grossglockner.
On 3rd August, 1935, the high alpine road over the Grossglockner mountain pass was officially opened to traffic. From 1930 till 1935 during 26 months of construction, 870,000 cubic meters of earth and rock were moved, 115,750 cubic meters of retaining wall were built and 67 bridges were erected.
A total of 3,200 men labored with the fairly simple tools of the day completing in record time this marvel of mountain engineering ...
Full Article: Austrian Coin Feature Grossglockner Alpine Road - CoinNews
The Austrian Mint, producer of the popular Philharmonic gold coin, sold more gold in the two weeks from April 26 than in the entire first quarter on soaring demand from Europe, it said on Wednesday.
The mint sold 243,500 ounces of gold in coins and bars in that period, compared to 205,000 ounces in the entire first three months of the year ...
Full Article: Austrian mint says gold sales soar on panic buys - Reuters
For some five centuries the River Danube formed an essential part of ancient Rome’s northern border against the barbarian tribes of Germania.
The Austrian Mint’s new silver series called "Rome on the Danube" breathes life back into the ruined remains of the towns and forts that played such prominent roles in the life of the Roman Empire in Austria.
The province of Noricum covered about two-thirds of modern day Austrian territory. It had been originally a kingdom of Celtic tribes until it was taken over by the Romans in a peaceful occupation under the Emperor Augustus in about 15 B.C.
Thirty years later the Emperor Claudius converted Noricum into a regular Roman province and established the city of VIRUNUM as its administrative capital ...
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The Austrian Mint issued on April 14 the third silver coin in its series, “Tales and Legends in Austria.” The new coin recounts the folktale surrounding the discovery of Erzberg, one of the most important iron ore sources in Europe still in use today.
The obverse of the coin shows ...
Full Article: Coin Depicts Legend of Erzberg Mountain - NumisMaster
Global warming, climate conferences, rising oil prices are constantly in the news. The earth’s resources of coal and oil are large but finite, and neither is a "clean" fuel.
The dangers of atomic reactors and the thousand years’ threat of radioactive rubbish fill many people with dread. But our industry, our living standards, our life style demand vast quantities of energy — power to run our factories, drive our transport, run our house-holds. Is the answer to be found in Nature, in "Renewable Energy."
Full Article: Austrian's Renewable Energy Bimetallic Coin - CoinNews
Just in time for the upcoming 2010 Winter Olympics, the Austrian Mint in Vienna has released new silver coins celebrating two disciplines in winter sports, the 5 Euro Silver Ski Jump Coin and the 5 Euro Silver Snowboard Coin.
Austrian Mint 2010 Winter Olympic Silver Coins - Click to Enlarge
Both coins honor sporting events known well to the Austrians, and are sure to be instant hits with the coin buying public. In fact, the Mint expects them to sell out within weeks.
The 2010 Winter Olympics feature sports, which are normally performed on snow or ice, and have been seen almost every four years since their introduction in ...
Full Article: Austrian Silver Coins for 2010 Olympics - SilverCoinsToday.com
The Austrian Mint has created another beautifully detailed piece to conclude its six coin 20-euro Austria Railways Commemorative Series. The Railway of the Future silver coin exemplifies the attention to detail that has caught the eye of many numismatists around the world.
As the name of the coin implies, this proof quality coin identifies what the mint in Vienna feels is the future of the train industry, both for Austria and for the world ...
Full Article: Austrian Railways Sixth Silver Coin - SilverCoinsToday.com
As if Tampa gold and coin dealer Mark Yaffe didn't have enough problems, he's now being pursued by the government of Austria.
From September 2008 to April 2009, the Austrian Mint delivered 1,500 gold coins worth about $650,000 to Yaffe's company, National Gold Exchange. Yaffe was supposed to sell them on consignment. But his July bankruptcy filing put a halt ...
Full Article: Austria to Tampa gold dealer: Give coins back - TampaBay.com
