Doppelschilling (Austria)

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Two silver-colored coins side by side, the left one bears the number 2, surrounded by a coat of arms, the right one shows the figure of a man in a robe with a harp
Double schilling from 1930, Walther von der Vogelweide

Double shillings are coins from Austria with a value of two shillings .

In Austria, double shillings are primarily understood to be a ten-part series of silver commemorative coins worth two shillings from the interwar period . The series can be divided into two parts (1928–1932 and 1933–1937), thus reflecting political developments in Austria. At first glance, this break catches the eye with the different front pages (value pages). In the first phase, the front shows the value, surrounded by the Austrian shield and the coats of arms of the nine federal states, as well as the legend "REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA". During the second phase, the new coat of arms of the Austrian corporate state replaced a nimbated double-headed eagle covered with a shieldthe heraldic circle. The legend only reads AUSTRIA, below you can find the value and the divided year.

The backs are consistently dedicated to Austrian motifs, all of which refer to famous personalities, although here too a paradigm shift began in 1933. The prelude in 1928 was a coin to mark the 100th anniversary of the death of the composer Franz Schubert . Other artists and scientists followed: Theodor Billroth (1929), Walther von der Vogelweide (1930), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1931) and Joseph Haydn (1932). The piece on Walther von der Vogelweide is particularly noteworthy . Its reverse was designed by E. Smith and in the same year it was also used in Germany for a 3 Reichsmark coin for the same occasion.

After only long deceased people from the arts and sciences could be found on the Doppelschillingen, two recently deceased politicians from the corporate state, Ignaz Seipel and Engelbert Dollfuß , appeared on the coins in 1933 and 1934 , including the pieces on Karl Lueger (1935) and Prinz Eugen (1936) are to be understood as political statements. Even the last piece in this series on the baroque architect Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach (1937) has a political component, as it does not show the architect, but as the only one from the series a building - the Karlskirche in Vienna - and thus underlines the close connection between Church and State.

After the Second World War, another 2 shilling coin came out. However, this was a pure aluminum coin in circulation . On the coat of arms side, it shows the new one-headed federal eagle with a wall crown, hammer, sickle and broken chains, again surrounded by the legend "REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA". The value side, on the other hand, gives the year and is adorned with two ears of wheat and a bunch of grapes - two important goods in the post-war period.

Overview of the individual issues

The following is an overview of the minted specimens of the 2 shilling coin.

Illustration Reason,
if necessary, explanation of the presentation 		issue
year 		Draft of
the image side 		Embossed
edition
Value side Image side
Material: 64.0% silver, 36.0% copper - coin diameter: 29 mm - rough weight: 12 g - fine weight 7.68 g
Edge: grooved
2 Schilling 1928 Schubert front.jpg 2 Schilling 1928 Schubert rear.jpg 100th year of death of Franz Schubert 1928 Edwin Grienauer 6,900,000
2 Schilling 1929 Billroth in front.jpg 2 Schilling 1929 Billroth rear.jpg 100th year of birth of Theodor Billroth 1929 Edwin Grienauer 2,000,000
2 Schilling 1930 Vogelweide front.jpg 2 Schilling 1930 Vogelweide rear.jpg 700th year of death of Walther von der Vogelweide 1930 Eddy Smith 500,000
2 Schilling 1931 Mozart in front.jpg 2 Schilling 1931 Mozart in the back.jpg 175th year of birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1931 Edwin Grienauer 500,000
2 Schilling 1932 Haydn in front.jpg 2 Schilling 1932 Haydn rear.jpg 200th year of birth of Joseph Haydn 1932 Edwin Grienauer 300,000
2 Schilling 1933 Seipel front.jpg 2 Schilling 1933 Seipel rear.jpg Dr. Ignaz Seipel 1933 Eduard Hanisch-Concée 400,000
2 Schilling 1934 Dollfuss in front.jpg 2 Schilling 1934 Dollfuss rear.jpg Dr. Engelbert Dollfuss 1934 Edwin Grienauer 1,500,000
2 Schilling 1935 Lueger front.jpg 2 Schilling 1935 Lueger rear.jpg 25th year of death of Dr. Karl Lueger 1935 Rudolf Marshal 500,000
2 Schilling 1936 Eugen front.jpg 2 Schilling 1936 Eugen rear.jpg 200th year of death of Prince Eugene of Savoy 1936 Edwin Grienauer 500,000
2 Schilling 1937 Erlach in front.jpg 2 Schilling 1937 Erlach rear.jpg JB Fischer von Erlach

Illustration from the Karlskirche in Vienna

1937 Edwin Grienauer 500,000
Material: 98.5% aluminum, 1.5% magnesium - coin diameter: 28 mm - rough weight: 2.8 g
Edge: smooth
2 Schilling 1946 in front.jpg 2 Schilling 1946 rear.jpg Course coin 1946 Michael Powolny 10,082,000
2 Schilling 1947 front.jpg 2 Schilling 1947 rear.jpg Course coin 1947 Michael Powolny 20,140,000
2 Schilling 1952 in front.jpg 2 Schilling 1952 rear.jpg Course coin 1952 Michael Powolny 148,500

literature

  • Klaus Liebscher and Wilfried Seipel (eds): From the Schilling to the Euro Continuity and stability. Series: Exhibition catalog Kunsthistorisches Museum. 1st edition, Vienna 2002.
  • Tyll Kroha: Large encyclopedia of numismatics. Gütersloh 1997.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Austria coin catalog Austria . Verlag Christine Steyrer, 2012, ISBN 978-3-902662-18-7 , p. 109-110 .
  2. ^ Coins and medals from Austria. Retrieved September 10, 2015 .
  3. ↑ 2 Schilling 1946, aluminum. Retrieved January 1, 2017 .