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In 2024, the Austrian city of Bad Ischl will be the European Capital of Culture, along with 22 other cities in the Salzkammergut region of Austria. To commemorate this important occasion, in February 2024 the Austrian Mint (Münze Österreich) launched the “Hallstatt White Gold” coin series, a collection of three 20-euro facial silver pieces focused on the fascinating history of the famous city of Hallstatt.
About 3,500 years ago, the richest and most technically advanced Europeans lived around Hallstatt, where they extracted salt, the source of their great wealth. The series begins with “Salt Mines”, which will be followed in November 2024 by “Salt Trade” and the third and final coin in the “Beliefs and Rituals” series, in 2025.
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Salt Mines, the first of three coins in the Hallstatt White Gold series, takes us back thousands of years before the Salzkammergut region of central Austria became a popular tourist destination and mecca. of nature lovers. Astonishing archaeological finds have shown that prehistoric Hallstatt was already flourishing, supplying half of central Europe with the most essential of substances: salt. A simple and modest mining community, in appearance only, prehistoric Hallstatt was very advanced.
At the southern tip of the Salzkammergut, the picture-postcard town of Hallstatt lies on the shores of the lake of the same name. Salt is found in abundance within the local mountains and, exploited since prehistoric times, the Hallstatt salt mine is the oldest in the world. During the Iron Age, salt mining and trade led to the prosperity of the inhabitants of Hallstatt and its surroundings, which gave its name to the Hallstatt culture, the archaeological culture linked to the people of the First Iron Age in Europe.
Already in the year 1200 BC, the tools made to extract salt in Hallstatt were very sophisticated and cultural exchange with other peoples led to the importation of exotic materials such as amber, glass, coral and ivory from places as far away as Africa and Asia. In the mines, salt has preserved organic materials such as fabrics, wood and leather, and objects decorated in styles widespread in Europe have been preserved in good condition.
On the obverse of the Salt Mines coin appears a pair of bronze pickaxes found in the prehistoric salt mines of Hallstatt. Rocks and stones that symbolize mines are represented around the axes, and an ornamental design from the Hallstatt culture appears in the background.
Like a collage, the reverse of the coin shows a scene in which salt is extracted and transported. The figures are inspired by artistic representations found on Iron Age bronze vessels, particularly cubes (situlae).
Salt Mines offers a vivid image of the prehistoric beginnings of a unique cultural and industrial landscape.
Coin characteristics
Quality proof
Series Hallstatt white gold
Nominal value 20 euros
Design Kathrin Kuntner, Rebecca Wilding
Diameter 34mm
Alloy 925 silver
Weight 22.42g
Price in Austria €69.60
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