introduction - Austria / II. Republic of Austria 2002 - 327 Euro Cent

For some, the fuss about the euro is getting on its nerves: "What do we need it for?" Quite simply because the establishment of the Union, the EC, the EEC, the Coal and Steel Community has made it impossible for warlike conflicts within Europe, which have caused immense suffering and gigantic damage every few decades to mankind, to become impossible. The closer the merger, the safer we are (including ourselves ...)! The introduction of a European currency, which brings enormous savings in the longer term, is only one step in a common economic future. Both the euro notes and the euro coins have security features which Hannes Margreiter has reduced to € 3.27 on his rotogravure stamp. 45, - ATS, which appears in the miniature sheet of 4 stamps, wants to indicate. The twelve stars are applied in gold foil hot stamping. The Euro countries are printed with tilt colors (glossy and matt), and the 1 Euro coin in gold and silver colors is also blind stamped. The curved cross grid on the right side of the picture indicates a guilloche (tangled regular lines, such as banknotes and securities). The obverse was constructed by computer, the template for the non-damaging letterpress printing on the backside gum was a hand drawing: shilling coins from various periods and familiar heads depicted on shilling banknotes.