THE AUSTRIAN MINT'S "PROSIT NEUJAHR" TOKENS

Given your current features on seasonal matters in The E-Sylum, e.g. turkeys in numismatics and money on postcards, may I bring to your attention the 1982 piece in the Austrian Mint's long series of "Prosit Neujahr" tokens, commencing c.1933. Pictures attached, and pity any poor cataloguer tasked with describing it for an auction; it is not everyone who would have the temerity to write:

Before the tokens, the Prosit Neujahr tradition produced large numbers of postcards, starting probably somewhere around the 1890s {and certainly by 1900), and these were abundant during the early years of the 20th cent. Money features with moderate frequency, in various forms; you have illustrated an example already, which is certainly not one-off, and I attach a scan of another.

For more about the Austrian Mint's Prosit Neujahr tokens, please visit Dale Hallmark's excellent site at www.austriancoins.com/tokensmint-1.html .

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: POSTCARDS AND NUMISMATICS: HAPPY NEW YEAR! (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v16n53a26.html)



Wayne Homren, Editor

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