1975 AUSTRIA – Large SILVER 100 Schilling Coin Sower Field Imperial Eagle i57144

Item: i57144

Authentic Coin of:

Austria
50th Anniversary – Schilling
1975 Silver 100 Schilling 36mm (24.25 grams) 0.640 Silver (0.4907 
oz. ASW)
Reference: KM# 2925 | Obverse Designer: Helmuth Gsollpointer | Reverse Designer: 
Helmut Zobl
REPUBLIC
ÖSTERREICH 100 
SCHILLING, Box surrounds stylized Imperial Eagle, Austrian shield on breast, 
holding hammer and sickle.
◦ 1975 ◦ 50-JAHRE SCHILLING, Stylized sower of seeds; plowed field in the 
background.

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Austria, 
officially the Republic of Austria (German: Republik 
Österreich), is a
federal republic
and a
landlocked country
of over 8.5 million people 
in 
Central Europe
. It is bordered by the
Czech Republic
and
Germany
to the north,
Hungary
and
Slovakia
to the east,
Slovenia
and
Italy
to the south, and
Switzerland
and
Liechtenstein
to the west. The territory of 
Austria covers 83,879 square kilometres (32,386 sq mi). Austria’s terrain is 
highly mountainous, lying within the

Alps; only 32% of the country is below 500 metres (1,640 ft), and its 
highest point is 3,798 metres (12,461 ft). The majority of the population speak 
local
Bavarian
dialects of
German
as their native language, and
Austrian German
in its standard form is the 
country’s
official language
. Other local official 
languages are
Hungarian
,
Burgenland Croatian
, and
Slovene
.

The origins of modern-day Austria date back to the time of the
Habsburg dynasty
when the vast majority of the 
country was a part of the
Holy Roman Empire
. From the time of the
Reformation
, many Northern German princes, 
resenting the authority of the Emperor, used
Protestantism
as a flag of rebellion. The
Thirty Years War
, the influence of the
Kingdom of Sweden
and
Kingdom of France
, the rise of the
Kingdom of Prussia
, and the Napoleonic 
invasions all weakened the power of the Emperor in the North of Germany, but in 
the South, and in non-German areas of the Empire, the Emperor and Catholicism 
maintained control. During the 17th and 18th centuries, Austria was able to 
retain its position as one of the
great powers
of Europe and, in response to the 
coronation of 
Napoleon
as the
Emperor of the French
, the
Austrian Empire
was officially proclaimed in 
1804. Following Napoleon’s defeat, Prussia emerged as Austria’s chief competitor 
for rule of a larger Germany. Austria’s defeat by Prussia at the
Battle of Königgrätz
, during the
Austro-Prussian War
of 1866 cleared the way for 
Prussia to assert control over the rest of Germany. In 1867, the empire was
reformed
into
Austria-Hungary
. After the defeat of France in 
the 1870
Franco-Prussian War
, Austria was left out of 
the formation of a new
German Empire
, although in the following 
decades its politics, and its foreign policy, increasingly converged with those 
of the Prussian-led Empire. During the 1914
July Crisis
that followed the assassination of
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
, Germany 
guided Austria in issuing the
ultimatum
to
Serbia
that led to the declaration of
World War I
.

After the collapse of the Habsburg (Austro-Hungarian) Empire in 1918 at the 
end of World War I, Austria adopted and used the name the
Republic of German-Austria
(Deutschösterreich, 
later Österreich) in an attempt for union with
Germany
, but was forbidden due to the
Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1919)
. The
First Austrian Republic
was established in 
1919. In the 1938
Anschluss
, Austria was occupied and annexed by
Nazi Germany
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This lasted until the end of
World War II
in 1945, after which Germany was
occupied by the Allies
and Austria’s former 
democratic constitution was restored. In 1955, the
Austrian State Treaty
re-established Austria as 
a sovereign state, ending the occupation. In the same year, the
Austrian Parliament
created the
Declaration of Neutrality
which declared that 
the Second Austrian Republic would become permanently
neutral
.

Today, Austria is a parliamentary
representative democracy
comprising nine
federal states
. The capital and largest city, 
with a population exceeding 1.7 million, is
Vienna
. Austria is one of the
richest countries in the world
, with a nominal 
per capita GDP of $52,216 (2014 est.). The country has developed a
high standard of living
and in 2014 was ranked 
21st in the world for its
Human Development Index
. Austria has been a 
member of the United Nations since 1955,
joined the European Union
in 1995, and is a 
founder of the
OECD
. Austria also signed the
Schengen Agreement
in 1995, and adopted the

euro in 1999.