AUSTRIA 5 Schilling 1936 Virgin Mary of Mariazell. Key-Date! AU

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1936, Austria. Virgin Mary of Mariazell. Silver 5 Schilling Coin.

Mint Year: 1936
Mint Place: Vienna
Reference: KM-2853.
Condition: A nice AU!
Mintage: 1,557.000 pcs.
Denomination: 5 Schilling
Material: Silver (.835)
Diameter: 31mm
Weight: 15gm

The Schilling was established by the Schilling Act (Schillingrechnungsgesetz) of December 20, 1924 at a rate of 1 Schilling to 10,000 Austro-Hungarian Kronen and issued on 1 March 1925. The Schilling was abolished in the wake of the Anschluss (1938), when it was exchanged at a rate of 1 German Reichsmark to 1.5 Schilling.



Mariazell (Central Bavarian: Mariazöö) is an Austrian city in the southeastern state of Styria. Well known for being a hub of winter sports and a pilgrimage destination, it is located 143 kilometres (89 miles) north of Graz. It is picturesquely situated in the valley of the Salza, amid the north Styrian Alps.

It is a site of pilgrimage for Catholics from Austria and neighboring countries. The object of veneration is an image of the Virgin Mary reputed to work miracles, carved in lime-tree wood. This was brought to the place in 1157, and is now enshrined in a chapel adorned with objects of silver and other costly materials. The large church of which the chapel forms part was erected in 1644 as an expansion of a smaller church built by Louis I, King of Hungary, after a victory over the Ottoman Empire in 1363.

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