The Austrian Mint traces its origins to 1194, when, legend has it, the ransom paid for Richard the Lionheart was minted into Viennese coin. Today, as Münze Österreich, it is one of the world’s most respected mints and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Austria’s central bank.
Its flagship is the Vienna Philharmonic, launched in 1989 and repeatedly the world’s best-selling gold coin — Europe’s bullion benchmark, especially across the German-speaking market. The Mint also strikes the historic Austrian gold ducats and the famous (silver) Maria Theresa Thaler, still produced to its 1780 date.