2024 Austria Copper €5 New Year's: Lucky Leap
Everyday life tends to demand a great deal from us without making any concessions. But that is not the case in 2024 when we are given a whole extra day to enjoy because, as a leap year, it has 366 days instead of the usual 365. The extra day is a day with great potential on which you can allow yourself a little more "me time," dedicate more time than usual to someone else, or do something you have always wanted to do. Or if you have resolved to tackle something completely new by the end of the year, why not use the extra day for that? The extra day in a leap year keeps the calendar year synchronized with the solar year and thus with the cosmic order. You should accept it as a heavenly gift and treat it as an extra portion of luck. The 2024 coin is designed to remind you that this day is not like any other and should be enjoyed amid all the hustle and bustle of everyday life.
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Coin highlights
- Contains 1/4 oz of copper.
- Coin will come in protective plastic.
- Mintage of 200,000 coins.
- Obverse: Designed by Austrian Mint artisans Helmut Andexlinger, Anna Rastl and Rebecca Wilding, the nine-sided coin’s obverse features the head of a pig, its snout slightly raised above a crop of lucky four-leaf clovers. A pig and four-leaf clovers are two lucky symbols featured along with the year 2024.
- Reverse: The reverse of the nine-sided coin is dedicated to the Gregorian calendar, which was introduced by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582 to bring the calendar back into line with the solar year. Pope Gregory XIII features on the right edge of the coin next to a large, flame-haired human manifestation of the sun. Below the sun is the calendar page for the month of February showing the 29th of February – the extra day. At the top is the zodiac sign Pisces, which corresponds to late February.
- Guaranteed by the Austrian government.Inspect the newest addition to your collection with ease by adding a magnifier to your order.This coin is a fantastic New Year's addition to any collection. Add this 2024 Austria Copper €5 New Year's Lucky Leap coin to your cart today! Austrian Mint FMV Gold is proud to offer products from the Munze Österreich, or Austrian Mint. With more than 800 years of coin-production experience, the Austrian Mint in Vienna has become world-renowned for coin production and precious metals processing. As a subsidiary of the Austrian Central Bank, the Austrian Mint's foremost task is to produce all of the circulating euro coinage for Austria. But the mint also strikes an impressive range of collector coins and medals, along with producing some of the world's best-selling bullion coins. In addition to the popular Silver Philharmonic coins, the Austrian Mint produces many beautiful commemorative coins to honor people, places and events of its history. More than 400 million coins are produced at the Austrian Mint each year.
Specifications
| Country | Austria |
|---|---|
| Year | 2024 |
| Grade | Uncirculated |
| Legal-tender face value | 5 Euros |
| Metal | Copper |
| Weight | 0.0000 troy oz |
| Purity | .925 |
| Diameter | 28.5 mm |
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