Austria - 25 Euro - 2005 - Fifty Years Of Television - Niobium

Austria - 25 Euro
Year: 2005
Series Silver Niobium Coin Series
Theme: Fifty Years Of Television
Composition: Silver-Niobium 
Fineness: 0.900
Weight: 16.5000g
KM# 
Quality: Special uncirculated FC
Diameter: 34mm
Mint Münze Österreich
Mintage: 65.000
Delivery In original box with certificate of authenticity

Without doubt one of the most influential of all inventions, television has dominated people’s lives for more than half a century. The Austrian Mint’s gifted engravers wonderfully evoke the birth of the ‘box’ in this 2005 edition of the 25 euro Silver Niobium series.

Considered something of a classic of retro design in Austria today, the original 1950s Austrian TV test card, used for calibration and focusing at the beginning and end of the broadcasting day, features on the purple niobium core of the coin’s obverse. The country of origin and face value are shown in its outer silver ring. Milestones in the history of television, ranging from an analogue fifties TV set to contemporary digital satellite dishes, are depicted in the silver ring on the coin’s reverse, as is the inscription “50 years of television” in German. An old fashioned TV antenna superimposed over the European section of the globe is depicted in the niobium core.