3508) THE WHITE GOLD OF HALLSTATT, Republic of Austria: 20 EURO SILVER COIN SERIES: 2nd Coin in the Series features "Salt Trading": Date/Year of Coin issue: 06.11.2024:
In 2024, the Austrian town of Bad Ischl is European Capital of Culture, together with 22 other towns in the country’s Salzkammergut region.
To mark this momentous occasion, the Osterreich Munze (Austrian Mint) is bringing out a Coin series titled - "The White Gold of Hallstatt" commencing in February 2024, a three-piece 20 Euro Silver Series that focusses on the famous town of Hallstatt's fascinating ancient history.
Some 3,500 years ago, the richest and most technically advanced Europeans lived around Hallstatt where they mined salt, the source of their great wealth. The Coin Series will begin with "Salt Mining", which will be followed by "Salt Trading" (in November 2024) and the third and final coin in the series, "Beliefs and Rituals", in 2025.
Salt Mining, the first of three coins in "The White Gold of Hallstatt Coin Series", takes us back to a time thousands of years before the Salzkammergut region of Central Austria became a popular tourist destination and haven for nature lovers.
Astonishing archaeological finds have shown that prehistoric Hallstatt was already flourishing, as it supplied half of central Europe with that most essential of substances – Salt.
A simple and modest mining community only in appearance, prehistoric Hallstatt was highly advanced.
At the southern end of the Salzkammergut, the picture-postcard village of Hallstatt lies on the shore of the lake of the same name.
Inside the local mountains, salt is found in abundance and, exploited since prehistoric times, the Hallstatt salt mine is the world's oldest.
During the Iron Age, salt mining and trade led to the prosperity of the people in and around Hallstatt, which gave its name to the Hallstatt culture, the archaeological culture linked to the people of the Early Iron Age in Europe.
As early as 1200 BC, the tools produced for mining salt in Hallstatt were highly sophisticated and cultural exchange with other peoples led to the import of exotic materials such as amber, glass, coral and ivory from as far afield as Africa and Asia.
In the mines, the salt has preserved organic materials such as textiles, wood and leather, and artefacts decorated in styles that were widespread in Europe have survived in good condition.
Salt Trading:
Salt Trading, the second coin in The White Gold of Hallstatt series, focusses on the second step in the lucrative business that made the picturesque lakeside town a vibrant trading hub and cultural capital during the Bronze Age.
The discovery of a prehistoric burial ground in Hallstatt in the nineteenth century showed that as well as being inventive and enterprising, the people of Hallstatt were clearly open to new things, including goods.
Foods, tools and all kinds of exotic treasures found their way to the Salzkammergut region, including honey-coloured amber from the Baltic, greenish glass vessels from northern Italy or western Slovenia and sword pommels made of ivory.
These exotic treasures came to Hallstatt through the networks developed to export the town’s ‘white gold’ in all directions, including far beyond the Alpine region. Hallstatt is thought to have supplied salt to half of Central Europe as well as to distant places on the North Sea, Baltic Sea and the Mediterranean.
Transporting the salt was often a precarious business as human obstacles in the form of brigands and even pirates had to be braved in addition to the rugged mountain terrain of the the Salzkammergut region around Hallstatt. However, the salt trade also brought innovations such as a man-made system of roads that connected Hallstatt with the neighbouring areas to the north and south.
20 EURO SILVER COIN "SALT Trading":
The Obverse of the 20 Euro Sterling Silver Coin titled "Salt Trading".
The lucrative business of Salt Trading made the picturesque lakeside town a vibrant trading hub and cultural capital during the Bronze Age.
The inscriptions are - "REPUBLIK OSERREICH" (on the upper periphery) and "20 EURO. 2024" (below centre left).
The Reverse of the 20 Euro Sterling Silver Coin, is depicted a scene in which salt after mining is being transported in a horse driven cart.
The figures are inspired by artistic depictions found on bronze vessels from the Iron Age, in particular buckets (situlae).
Salt Trading provides a vivid picture of the prehistoric beginnings of a unique cultural and industrial landscape.
The specificatons of the 20 Euro Silver Coin are:
Country of issue: Osterreich Republik (Republic of Austria); Date of Coin Issue: 06.11.2024; Coin Denomination: 20 Euro; Coin Series Name: "The White Gold of Hallstatt"; Coin Theme: "Salt Trading"; Metal Composition: .925 Fineness Silver (Ag); Diameter/Size: 34.00 mm; Fine Weight: 20.74 g / 0.66 oz; Total Weight: 22.42 g; Coin Quality: Proof (P); Designer(s): Kathrin Kuntner, Rebecca Wilding; Packaging: Comes in a case complete with a numbered Certificate of Authenticity (COA) and protective slipcase; Mintage: (Proof) 30,000 pieces.
The Collector Case:
Many times larger than a real grain of salt, this is a collector case like no other. Beautiful yet practical and simple yet sophisticated, it also emphasises the historical importance of salt in the development of civilisation.
Easily divisible into four parts that are held together by magnets, the crystal not only provides space for the three coins in the series but also their certificates and the companion book to the series (not included in the crystal when purchased).
A grain of salt may be tiny but the effect of salt production on human development was huge. Salt not only makes food tasty but also, and most importantly, preserves it. Preserving food is one of the oldest and most important human technologies, without which there would have been no storing and stockpiling, no abílity to plan, an even more precarious existence and an uncertain future.
The salt crystal and the treasures hidden within it also crystallise in a wonderful way what is so special about the Salzkammergut region of Austria.
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