1965 .900 Silver Commemorative Austrian 50 Schilling ..

After a MUCH needed break from reality, a visit with family, and some rest and relaxation, I am back poking around the Hive platform. Man have I missed a lot of stuff in a few short days. I promise to catch up on what went down, within the next few weeks. I am sorry if I missed anyone's awesome posts while away.

I decided to revisit the Silver Schilling's lot.. These are commemorative silver coins with approximately 90% silver content. You may want to trend carefully and not purchase these types of coins as a stacking method, but rather for the fun of it. They still contain 90% silver and I find they also still command a price better than spot.. for now.

Today I have another 50 schilling coin to show.. It contains .900 silver and was minted in 1965. The coin was minted in order to commemorate the 600th Anniversary of the Vienna University. the large 33.5mm, 20 gram coin boasts about 18 grams of silver content. Total mintage was roughly 2.2 million .. so not such a rare coin.

I call it the 'Sleepy King' .. Because when I first looked at it, I thought "Is this guy asleep with his mouth hanging open?" haha. Sort of looks like it to me! Other than the fact that Duke Rudolf IV (founder of the university) looks like he asleep on the reverse of this coin, I like the design. Big bulky, chunky style lettering and a simple bust in the center.

On the obverse.. There is the text '50 SCHILLING', surrounded by, once more, 10 shields. The 10 shields design never gets old to me. It continues to be compelling enough to me that I want to retain my purchases of these coins, which I picked up well below spot price.

Stamped into the edge of the coin .. Is the text "FÜNFZIG SCHILLING" or 50 Schilling. I mentioned previously that the stamped lettering on the otherwise smooth edge is cool.

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Molly and the Coin ..

I tried to get a photo with both Molly and the coin, but it ended with nothing but a blur. She ran so fast in the opposite direction when she saw what was happening. I didn't want to make it an event where she felt I was mad at her, so I let it be. So instead, you get to look at a shot I took a while ago with her and a silver onza ...