2009 * 25 euro AUSTRIA Astronomy
€25 commemorative coin
Year of Astronomy.
Bimetallic 25 euros Austria 2009 coin in Silver and Niobium. Coin celebrating the Year of Astronomy.
Mintage 65.000 examples.
One side of the coin shows a three-quarter portrait of Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) and his telescope. The background shows his drawing of the surface of the moon. In the silver ring the design is continued with Newton's telescope, the observatory in Kremsmünster, a modern telescope, a radio telescope and a space telescope. The other side shows the dark side of the moon and a satellite investigating it. The silver ring shows a partially covered planet earth and a stilised sun shining.
    
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