450 Years SRS Coin

20 EURO SILVER COIN
450th ANNIVERSARY OF THE SPANISH
RIDING SCHOOL IN VIENNA

Both sides of the coin feature the baroque Winter Riding
School, built by Joseph Emanuel Fischer von Erlach from
1729 to 1735. The coin’s obverse shows a pair of Lipizzaner
stallions and their riders performing a Pas de deux, a
traditional highlight of their performance, which requires
very high levels of concentration and coordination. The coin’s
reverse shows a stallion and rider executing a Levade, one of
the school’s equestrian inventions, in which the stallion puts
its entire weight on its hind legs and raises its front legs no
more than 45 degrees.
Almost half a millennium since its foundation the Spanish
Riding School in Vienna continues to delight equestrian
connoisseurs and newcomers alike. Minted in honour of the
school’s 450th anniversary, this superb 20 euro silver coin
brilliantly echoes the elegance of the Spanish Riding School
and will no doubt delight you, too.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Quality: Proof
Mintage: 50,000
Face value: 20 Euro
Date of issue: 18 February 2015
Design: T. Pesendorfer/H. Wähner
Diameter: 34 mm
Material: Silver Ag 900
Fineness: 18 g
Weight: 20 g
The coin and its certificate of authenticity come in a protective box.

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