Austria’s coinage runs from the great silver thalers of the Habsburg Empire — the Maria Theresa thaler became the world’s most famous trade coin — through the 1892 currency reform that made the corona Austria’s first gold-standard currency, the schilling years, and into the modern euro era, all centered on the Vienna-based Austrian Mint (Münze Österreich).
Denominations
Maria Theresa Thaler (1780)
- Issued: 1780–date (every piece carries the 1780 date, frozen at Maria Theresa’s death; original issues ran 1780–1858 and Austrian Mint restrikes continue today)
- Composition: .833 fine silver, ~28.07 g, 41 mm (~0.7517 oz ASW)
- Key dates: None on the date — nearly everything on the market is a restrike; original 18th-century strikes are the specialty-market coins
- Notable varieties: Original strikes vs. official Austrian Mint restrikes (restrike identification is the core authentication story; declared an official Austrian trade coin 19 September 1857 and used as de facto currency in the Horn of Africa, Arabian Peninsula, and India into the 20th century)
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Value: Check live sold listings on the linked guide before buying or pricing. For metal value, use the melt calculator.
100 Corona Gold (1908–1915)
- Issued: 1908–1915 (original strikes 1908–1914, introduced for the 60th anniversary of Franz Joseph I’s reign; Austrian Mint restrikes dated 1915 began in 1975)
- Composition: .900 fine gold, 33.8753 g, 37 mm, 0.9802 oz actual gold weight
- Key dates: original 1908–1914 strikes trade as the numismatic coins; the overwhelming majority of the market is 1915-dated restrikes
- Notable varieties: part of the 1892 corona gold system — 10 corona (1892–1912) and 20 corona (struck to 1915) are its smaller companions
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Value: Check live sold listings on the linked guide before buying or pricing. For metal value, use the melt calculator.
Bullion & modern issues
The Austrian Gold Philharmonic (introduced 1989) is Europe’s best-selling gold bullion coin: 1 oz of .9999 fine gold, 37 mm, with the Musikverein organ and orchestral instruments. Face value was 2,000 schillings until the euro changeover, €100 since.
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Value: Check live sold listings on the linked guide before buying or pricing. For metal value, use the melt calculator.
Values move; always check live sold listings on the linked guides. Key dates and high-value pieces require authentication.
Values move — always check sold listings on the linked entries before buying or pricing. The two authentication rules that matter most: most Maria Theresa thalers and 1915-dated coronas are official restrikes, and high-value Austrian gold is widely counterfeited, so key dates and original strikes warrant certified examples (PCGS/NGC).
Europe Red Book v2 research chapter, published September 15, 2026. Values are intentionally excluded; use authenticated sold-market evidence.