Austria 2 euros 2004 - Bertha von Suttner

Obverse of Austria 2 euros 2004 - Bertha von Suttner

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Krause - Mishler KM# 3089
Details This coin bears a portrait of the pacifist Bertha von Suttner, a symbol of Austria's efforts over many decades to support peace.

Austrian writer and peace activist who in 1905 became the first woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize; her novel Die Waffen nieder ("Lay Down Your Arms") depicted the horrors of war and became an influential work for the cause of peace. The book was published in 37 editions and translated into 12 languages.

She witnessed the foundation of the Inter-Parliamentary Union and called for the establishment of the Austrian Gesellschaft der Friedensfreunde pacifist organization in a 1891 Neue Freie Presse editorial. Suttner became chairwoman and also founded the German Peace Society the next year.
Specifications Diameter - 25.75mm Thickness - 2.2mm Weight - 8.5gr
Composition BiAlloy (Nk/Ng), ring Cupronickel (75% copper - 25% nickel clad on nickel core), center Nickel brass (75% copper - 20% zinc - 5% nickel)
Edge Combination of '2 EURO' and *** repeated four times
Comments Designer: Josef Kaiser
Mintage 2,500,000 pieces

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