Philharmoniker

One ounce legal tender 999.9 bullion coin with face value of 2,000 schillings, first struck by the Austrian Mint in 1989. The coin honours the Wiener Philharmoniker (the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra) and bears the design of their instruments. The Philharmoniker became the best selling bullion coin in the mid 1990s, with a record 29 tonnes (0.9 million ounces) in 1995. It is also available as a half, quarter and tenth ounce coin. With the introduction of the Euro, the face value on the Philharmoniker, from 2002, was changed accordingly.

The Austrian Philharmoniker bullion coin
before the home of the Vienna
Philharmonic Orchestra (Credit:
courtesy The Austrian Mint)