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New World Gold Coins – Freud & the Viennese Schools of Psychotherapy

Sigmund Freud 50 Euro Gold Coin Austrian Mint

The Austrian Mint is dedicating a new three-part series of 50 Euro gold coins to a very special subject: the Vienna Schools of Psychotherapy and three of their prominent representatives. The series starts with its pioneer, the inventor of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud. Freud’s theories did nothing less that start a revolution in the spiritual and intellectual life of man.

Sigmund Freud, Alfred Adler and Viktor Frankl: all three worked in Vienna and represent different directions in the completely new scientific discipline of psychotherapy at the beginning of the 20th century. Freud is the pioneer of psychoanalysis, Adler established a school of individual psychology, and Frankl developed logotherapy and the analysis of existence. These names stand for the three schools to which this series is devoted.

2017 Austria Freud 50 Euro Obverse and ReverseThe new series, with coins appearing once a year, begins with Sigmund Freud. Freud is considered one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century, one whose insights are many fold. He pointed to the unconscious and to what extent it influenced our behavior. Freud dared to demystify sexuality and look at it as an integral part of human existence.

The obverse of the coin shows a portrait of Sigmund Freud. A section of a photograph by Ferdinand Schmutzer from the year 1926 served as the model. The other side focuses on a central theme in Freud’s work: Lust. This is visualized by a pair of lovers. The lovers seem to be withdrawn from reality and sunk in a common dream, a mysterious dream, from which ornaments flit in and out around them with no more substance than an idea.

The 50 Euro gold coins of the series Viennese Schools of Psychotherapy and their certificates ship in an elegant, black wooden case with matching slipcase.

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Boasting over 800 years of experience, the Austrian Mint is renowned the world over first-class precious metal processing and coin manufacture. A member of the international minting elite, it is a global player in this field. Without such a pedigree the Vienna Philharmonic would never have become Europa’s most sought after bullion coin. The Austrian Mint’s flagship product is the Vienna Philharmonic bullion coin. Produced in five different sizes, from one ounce to 1/25 of an ounce, the Vienna Philharmonic fits every pocket and occasion. Investors, collectors and gift-givers all value the unique combination of its beautiful design and highest possible minting quality, which make it one of the world’s best-loved and best-selling bullion coins. Since it was first struck in 1989, on one side the coin’s award-winning design has featured a harmonious assortment of musical instruments from the world-famous orchestra.

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Internationally renowned for its know-how in precious metal processing and coin production, the Austrian Mint is a global player in the international minting industry and ranks among the world’s leading mints. With more than 800 years of coin-making experience, since 1988 the Austrian Mint has operated as a private company and is the sole manufacturer of coinage to the Austrian people.

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