!!!Doppelschilling

Doppelschilling, silver coin (64 % silver, 36 % copper) of 
the Schilling currency, minted 1928-1937 as commemorative coin, 
designs on the obverse changed every year: Schubert, Billroth, Walther 
von der Vogelweide, Mozart, Haydn, Seipel, Dollfuss, Lueger, Prince 
Eugène and the Karlskirche church in Vienna. The double 
schilling coins were very popular with collectors, only a small number 
was in circulation.

!Literature
K. Bachinger and H. Matis, Der oesterreichische Schilling, 
Geschichte einer Waehrung, 1974.


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