Guide and Tips for Coin Collectors

Collecting coins combines historical interest, aesthetic appreciation, and a fascination with high-quality minting art.

While investment coins primarily reflect the material value, collector coins gain an additional, often significantly higher, collector value due to their rarity, minting quality, and cultural significance.

Furthermore, behind every coin is a demanding manufacturing process: from the metal used and the artistic engraving to the careful preparation of the dies and blanks, many factors determine the quality and uniqueness of a piece.

On the following pages, we provide insight into the origin of coins, the diversity of coin metals, and the different minting qualities.

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Top Tips for Collectors

Some see coins as purely an investment. But monetary value and ideal value are not contradictory, on the contrary. 

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Minting Quality

The difference between coins is not merely a question of the metal used to make them.

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Engraving - Distinctive Design

Where teamwork, mastery and heritage come together to shape award-winning coin design.

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Coin Metals

Gold, silver, platinum and niobium – remarkable materials of lasting value.

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Toolmaking

The production of collector coins consists of three main steps.

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Die processing

The quality of a coin depends to a large extent on the quality of the die.

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Coin Production

Our multiple award-winning collector coins are the result of interdepartmental cooperation.

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Glossary

We explain all technical terms used in numismatics.

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Award-winning craftsmanship

Did you know that the Austrian Mint is one of the most highly decorated mints in the world?

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