Thomas Pesendorfer

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Thomas Pesendorfer (born February 20, 1952 in Marchtrenk , Upper Austria) is an Austrian engraver and coin designer. Signature: TP.

Wiener Philharmoniker

Thomas Pesendorfer, who originally wanted to become a sculptor, attended the metal design college in Steyr . With this education he began an apprenticeship at the Austrian Mint . His first design was a 20 shilling coin with a portrait of Joseph Haydn . His most famous design is the Philharmonic . Pesendorfer has been the Mint's chief engraver in Austria since 1993.

Works (selection)

20 shilling coin
100 Schilling Leopold I - Siege of Vienna by the Turks
  • Vienna Philharmonic (coin)
  • 20 Schilling: Joseph Haydn, Princes of Tyrol, 800 years of the Vienna Mint, 850 years of St. Stephen's Cathedral
  • 50 Schilling: EU Presidency, Konrad Lorenz, European Monetary Union, Sigmund Freud, Ferdinand Porsche
  • 100 Schilling silver: Mozart Salzburg and Vienna, Maximilian I, Otto Nicolai, Leopold I, Archduke Johann, Franz Joseph I, First Republic (WS), Leopold III. (WS), Crown Prince Rudolf (WS), Franz Ferdinand, The Celts, The Romans, The Holy Roman Empire (BS), The Middle Ages (BS)
  • 200 Schilling Silver: Olympic Movement (both)
  • 500 Schilling silver: World Cup of Show Jumping, Prinz Eugen, Egon Schiele, lake region, river region, Alpine foothills, Mühlviertel, blacksmith, stonemason, letterpress (WS), Rosenburg (WS), Lockenhaus, Hochosterwitz (BS), Hohenwerfen (WS), Kufstein
  • 500 Schilling Gold: Congress of Vienna, Vienna Boys' Choir, Birth of Christ, The Bible
  • 1000 Schilling Gold: Johann Strauss, 50 years of the 2nd Republic, 1000 years of Ostarrichi, Empress Elisabeth, illumination
  • 5 euros: hydropower, EU expansion, Mariazell, European Football Championship 2008 (both editions), Herbert von Karajan, Tyrolean Freedom, 2010 Winter Games (snowboard), Großglockner High Alpine Road, 200 years of the Society of Music Friends, Viennese Waltz, Land of Water, Adventure Arctic, the bat, army
  • 10 euros: Eggenberg (BS), Hellbrunn (WS), Artstetten (WS), Nonnberg, Göttweig (BS), Melk (WS), St. Paul im Lavanttal (WS), Klosterneuburg, Seckau (BS), Basilisk, Richard Löwenherz , Erzberg (WS), Erzberg (WS)
  • 20 euros: modern times (BS), baroque times (BS), post-war times (WS), SMS Novara (WS), SMS Ehz. Ferdinand Max (WS), Tegetthoff (WS), SMS St. Georg, SMS Viribus Unitis (BS), Nordbahn (WS), Südbahn (BS), Belle Epoche (WS), Westbahn (BS), electrification of the railway (WS) , Railway of the Future (BS), Vindobona (WS), Quaternary

Individual evidence

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personal data
SURNAME Pesendorfer, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian engraver
DATE OF BIRTH February 20, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Marchtrenk , Upper Austria