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13.10.2011 r.
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10
Euro silver coin “Der Liebe Augustin”
The 10 Euro silver coin “Der
Liebe Augustin” is the final issue in the
series “Tales and Legends in Austria”. The coin
commemorates Augustin, a mythical ballad-singer and bagpiper who
entertained the customers of a Viennese tavern during the hard times
that followed the Great Plague of 1679. His song “Oh du
lieber Augustin” is still well known today.
The new
coin in detail
The coin shows dear
Augustin in the plague pit, with a warden peering into the pit in
astonishment.
On the other side of the
coin, dear Augustin is depicted as the ever jolly, good-humoured
musician. In the beer garden he plays lively melodies on the bagpipes,
while a couple listens to his music and the innkeeper raises his glass
to him. In the background stands the spire of Vienna’s St.
Stephen’s Cathedral.
Since the value of the 16 g of silver per coin is considerably higher
than 10 Euros, the coin is only issued in "special
uncirculated“ and "proof“ qualities.
Collector
album 10 Euro
“Tales and Legends in Austria”
To enhance your joy of collecting even
more, we offer a collector album for the six coins of the series in
proof quality.
Designed as a book of tales, it holds the six coins in their capsules,
the certificates and the coin descriptions including the tale of the
legend.
The series
"Tales and Legends in Austria"
The series is complete
now: Six imaginative silver coins in high quality recount six of the
most important legends in Austria. They tell about mythical creatures,
monsters and true stories. Earlier issues in this series:
2009: "The Basilisk" and "Richard the Lionheart"
2010: "The Erzberg in Styria" and "Charlemagne in the
Untersberg“
2011: "The Lindwurm in Klagenfurt"
*****
“Du
Lieber Augustin”
My Dearest Augustin
13 October Vienna - The
sixth and final coin of the popular “Legends of
Austria” silver series will be issued today.
The final Legend
to be commemorated in this series commemorates a song written in 1679,
“Du Lieber Augustin”, which is still used today as
inspiration for contemporary entertainment.
The reverse of the coin
depicts Augustine playing his bagpipe at an outdoor table of a local
pub.
All of the people in the design are depicted in period dress. In
the background is the main Cathedral of the City of Vienna, St.
Stephen’s.
The obverse of the coin shows Augustine as he wakes up just in the nick
of time to get out of the pit of plague victims.
In the background is a
surprised but happy mortician, as well as a cart used to collect
victims during this period.
This side of the coin also shows the
country of issue “Republik Oesterreich” Republic of
Austria, the year of issue 2011, and the face value of 10 euros. In the
scroll located in the upper center of the design is the date 1679 and
“Wien”, or Vienna.
The legend "Du Lieber Augustin" comes from the terrible time of the
black plague in the Middle Ages, during which many thousands of people
died all across Europe and as well as in Vienna.
Marx Augustin was a musician who performed in public houses and on the
street to earn his meagre living.
During this time he put together this
dark and melancholy song because of all the death and sadness in the
town.
"O, my dear friend
Augustin, Augustin, Augustin,
O, my dear friend Augustin, I just can't win!
Money's gone, girlfriend's gone,
I just can't win, Augustin!
O, my dear friend Augustin, I just can't win!
Coat is gone, staff is gone, Augustin's is lost.
O, my dear friend Augustin, I just can't win!
Even the town of Vienna, broke like Augustin;
shed tears with thoughts akin, I just can't win!
Every day was a fest, now we just have the pest
Now all the corpses rest, that is the rest.
Augustin, Augustin, lay down in your grave!
O, my dear friend Augustin, I just can't win!”
During the Middle Ages
towns and cities were dark and dirty. Vienna was no exception. There
where no street lights, just an occasional torch or oil lantern. The
maze of streets made with cobbles meandered through the town - so sure footing was never really solid.
Trash and sanitation was simply dumped into the streets. Adding to
these dangers were the large number of deaths, plague victims who
dropped dead in the streets.
Every day the morticians would collect the corpses. There was no time
to bury them individually but rather they were collected and buried in
large pits. Once these pits filled up they were covered with lime and
earth.
Late one evening Augustin was on his way home after a long day of work
and having imbibed a bit too much. The dark and dreary streets were a
tricky maze to try and navigate home even under normal conditions.
Augustin was exhausted and so he laid down at the edge of a street to
get some sleep.
He was so soundly asleep that unbeknownst to him he was picked up by
the morticians and tossed onto the cart of plague victims. Luckily
Augustine woke up in a pit filled with bodies just prior to the pit
being covered over with earth.
The morticians were more than surprised. But Augustine’s luck
had certainly changed. In no time, the rumour spread far and wide that
wine was an excellent preventative medicine for the plague.
Augustine who was so grateful for his second chance decided to help out
during these difficult times and assist in the clean up and the
collecting of many bodies. Sadly, he himself eventually became a
victim.
In Austria the song over the years has become the accepted lament for
people when they are down and out and have totally run out of luck.
Variations of it have been used in classical music by Wranitzky,
Schoenberg and Nepomuk Hummel.
Even in today's pop culture variations and lines of this song have been
used by many: Bob Hope in “My Favourite Spy”, the
Simpsons “The Otto Show”; even the Three Stooges
wrote a variation to be used in their skit “Disorder in the
Court”, to name just a few.
It has been translated into many languages. Many people will also
remember the campfire song “Fish and Chips and
Vinegar” that uses the melody for yet another variation.
źródło:
Austrian Mint / Wikipedia
