635) Alfred Adler (1870-1937): The Vienna Schools of Psychotherapy 50 Euro Gold Coin Series minted by the Austrian Mint: being issued on 24.01.2018 (coin launched by the Mint on 19.12.2017):
Alfred Adler (1870-1937):
The second coin in "The Vienna Schools of Psychotherapy" Gold Coin Series, is dedicated to Alfred Adler and the second Viennese School of Psychotherapy. Originally a member of Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic movement, Adler left Freud to found the Society for Individual Psychology in 1912.
Individual Psychology: became a viable alternative to Psychoanalysis and like the other two pioneers honoured in this Series, Adler had a major impact on the development of Psychotherapy, the scientific discipline established in Vienna in the 20th Century.
Free Thinker: Born in Vienna in 1870, Adler was the second of 7 children born to Hungarian-Jewish parents.
After his studies at the University of Vienna, he became an ophthalmologist before moving into general practice. His clinical experience led him to conclude that each patient should be viewed as a unique entity, that they are free beings who are not determined by our instincts and that we have to solve the cultural responsibilities that life imposes on them.
This idea made individual psychology a therapeutic alternative to psychoanalysis, a development that was temporarily hindered by the First World War, during which Adler served as a doctor with the Austrian Army.
After the war, Adler's influence grew considerably. From 1927, he was a regular visitor to the USA, where his optimistic view of humanity achieved great popularity.
In the early 1930s, Adler's Jewish heritage led to the closure of his Austrian clinics and he left the country of his birth for a Professorship at the Long Island College of Medicine. One of the world's best known psychologists of his time, Adler passed away in 1937, while on a lecture tour in Scotland.
The Commemorative Coin:
An image of the Obverse and Reverse faces of the 50 Euro Gold Coin
The Obverse of the 50 Euro Gold Coin depicts a three-quarter left facing portrait of Alfred Adler along with the vertical text REPUBLIK OSTERREICH", the name "ALFRED ADLER", the year of issue "2018" and the denomination of the coin "50 EURO".
The Reverse of the 50 Euro Gold Coin depicts a stylised image of a family unit of three - a little community - the key concept in Adler's Individual Psychology.
The specifications of this coin are:
Denomination: 50 Euro; Metal Composition: .986 Gold (Au); Weight: 7.78 grams or 0.25 Oz; Total Weight: 7.89 grams; Diameter/Size: 22.0 mm; Coin Quality: Proof; Maximum Mintage: 20,000 pieces; Year of minting: 2017 (with the coin available from 24.01.2018, with the year "2018" also marked as the year of issue); Mint: Austrian Mint; Coin Designers: Mag. Helmut Andexlinger, Herbert Wahner.
The coin comes in a case complete with a numbered Certificate Of Authenticity (COA) and a branded Austrian Mint protective custom slipcase.
A purpose-designed Presentation case, which houses all three coins in the Series is also available complete with a decorative slipcase featuring a period picture of a patient lying on a psychoanalyst's couch.
The next coin in the Series will be dedicated to Viktor Emil Frankl (1905-1997), who was founder of Logo-therapy, the theory which is founded on the belief that human nature is motivated by the search for a life purpose.
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