The Impressive Gold Vienna Philharmonic Coins Are Music To Your Collection!
The phenomenal gold Vienna Philharmonic coins were first minted in 1989 at the Austrian Mint in Vienna and are the only legal tender gold coins produced in a large scale in Europe. It is also the only gold bullion coin denominated in euros that is issued on a regular basis. The Austrian Mint is world renowned for the production of superior and avant-garde gold coins for more than eight hundred years, making it one of the oldest minting institutions in the world continuously in production. It is said that the Austrian Mint indirectly owes it’s beginnings to Richard I of England, also known as Richard the Lionheart.
The Vienna Philharmonic coin’s design, by Thomas Pesendorfer, is a tribute to the jewel of Austria’s culture, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, whose members are chosen from the Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera. To be able to play with the Philharmonic is not a simple process. The musician would have to devote a minimum of three years, playing for the Opera and Ballet to prove his/her skill. Only then can the musician ask the Board of the Wiener Philharmoniker to consider an application for a seat in the Vienna Philharmonic. On the obverse, or “heads” side of this striking coin, is pictured a collection of some of the instruments that produce the orchestra’s glorious music: a bassoon, a harp, a cello, a Viennese horn and four violins. On the arc of the coin, above the instruments, are the words, “Wiener Philharmoniker”, meaning Vienna Philharmonic.
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