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The E-Sylum: Volume 19, Number 51, December 18, 2016, Article 3

BOOK PLANNED ON VIENNA PHILHARMONIC COIN

In the December 15, 2016 issue of CoinsWeekly, Editor Ursula Kampmann announces a new book project. -Editor

Vienna Philharmonic bullion coin obverse Vienna Philharmonic bullion coin reverse
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When you are reading this newsletter, I am no longer sitting at my desk but heading for Vienna. No, this isn’t because I like the Viennese Christmas markets better than the one at Basel (what by the way I do). It’s all about a book I plan to write. It will cover the Vienna Philharmonic bullion coin. I can see in my mind’s eye some very reputable colleagues giving a sniff. A bullion coin? How boring! There’s nothing to write about it!

But did you know that the Vienna Philharmonic was only made possible due to the fact that the Austrian National Bank bought the Austrian coin privilege together with the Vienna Mint from the Government? Did you know that the Vienna Philharmonic was a formidable tool to reduce the enormous percentage of cash sleeping in form of Austrian commemorative coins in collections? Did you know that it was the Viennese Philharmonic which allowed the Austrian National Bank to liquidate a large part of their gold reserves without affecting the international gold price?

The Vienna Philharmonic is probably one of the very few coins that really made monetary history. He bears witness to the fact that true discoveries are not only made in the field of ancient and medieval coins. Contemporary numismatics is full of good and interesting stories that normally nobody bothers to tell.

Yours
Ursula Kampmann

We'll look forward to the new book! -Editor

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To read the earlier E-Sylum articles, see:
ONE BIG COIN: THE PHILHARMONIC (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v08n06a27.html)
HOW GOLD COINS ARE MADE (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v19n09a33.html)

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Wayne Homren, Editor

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