| Description : The purpose of the Austrian State Treaty was to restore the
sovereign and democratic Republic of Austria after the National Socialist rule in Austria (1938‐1945) and the
subsequent period of occupation (1945‐1955). The motif on the coin features the seals and signatures of the Foreign
Ministers of the victorious Allied Powers, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov for the Soviet Union, John Foster
Dulles for the United States, Harold Macmillan for the United Kingdom and Antoine Pinay for France,
together with those of the High Commissioners of the four occupation zones Ivan I. Ilyichev, Llewellyn E.
Thompson, Geoffrey Wallinger, Roger Lalouette and the Austrian Foreign Minister, Leopold Figl. The coin
celebrates the "50 JAHRE STAATSVERTRAG" (50th anniversary of the State Treaty) this inscription can be seen above
the seals and signatures, the year of issue "2005" is below. In the background can be seen the red‐white‐red flag
of Austria, vertically hatched according to the heraldic rules of tincture, which symbolises the colour red. The
coin was designed by Helmut Andexlinger. The coin was minted without a mint mark by the Austrian Mint Münze
Österreich AG in Vienna. The coin does not bear the name of the issuing state. |
