The Austrian Mint has issued the 10 euro Anpirschen Horn coin, the fourth and final entry in its Trachten – Traditional and Trendy series, and releases the three collector sets that close the run alongside it. The theme is horn, the material behind the buttons, the appliqués and the carved ornament that give Austrian traditional dress much of its quiet character.
For anyone who started this series with the linen dirndl coin in 2025, this is the release from Münze Österreich that finishes the set. It also arrives at a noticeably higher price than the coin that opened it.
The Anpirschen Horn Coin Design
Anpirschen is the German word for stalking, the slow deliberate approach a hunter makes toward game, and the design carries the title without needing to explain it. A man stands in full traditional costume, and the horn on him is the point: the buttons on his waistcoat and the fittings on his coat are presented not as practical hardware but as the work of a craft with centuries behind it. Behind the figure, an ornamental frame drawn from traditional horn carving surrounds the motif, and at its centre sits the head of a stag.
The coin was designed by Anna Schlindner and Elena Dolgova. The proof adds a colour application, which is where the loden green of the jacket and the warmth of the carved background actually register; on the copper and the special uncirculated pieces the same design has to work in relief alone, and it does, though the ornament reads more strongly than the figure.
One note for cataloguers. The Mint’s English series overview lists the 2026 theme as antler, while every coin and set description on the same site consistently calls it horn. The German source material and the design itself both point to horn.
Three Finishes: Copper, Special Uncirculated and Proof
Every coin in the series measures 32 mm. The silver strikes are Ag 925 at 16.82 g total, 15.56 g fine, and the copper is Cu 999 at 15.00 g.
The copper uncirculated piece (product 28215) sells at €10.00, tax free, with no packaging at all, and it carries the series’ large mintage of 130,000. Order limit is 100. It is the entry point, and at face value it is close to a giveaway.
The special uncirculated silver (28216) is €54.00 including 20 percent VAT, mintage 30,000, and ships in a blister pack whose information text is in German only, which international buyers should know going in. The proof (28217) is €67.80, also limited to 30,000, and comes in a case with a numbered certificate of authenticity and a protective slipcase. Both silver versions cap at 20 per order.
That 30,000 figure is the number worth holding onto. It is the constraint on the whole series, and it applies to each of the four dates.
Trachten Collector Set Prices and the Arithmetic Behind Them
Three sets land with the Horn coin, each gathering all four issues: Aufdirndln (Linen, 2025), Aufbrezeln (Leather, 2025), Aufjuchazn (Loden, 2026) and Anpirschen (Horn, 2026).
The copper set is €40.00 in a linen style pouch with a tag. The special uncirculated silver set (28501) is €185.40 in a cardboard box made for it. The proof set is €307.20, shipped in the wooden collector case that has been available separately since the series began.
Run the numbers and something useful appears. Four copper coins at €10.00 each is exactly €40.00. The four SU coins at their individual prices, €43.20, €43.20, €45.00 and €54.00, come to exactly €185.40. The four proofs at €57.00, €57.00, €59.40 and €67.80 total €241.20, and adding the €66.00 collector case gives exactly €307.20.
So there is no set discount here, and no set premium either. The packaging, in every case except the wooden chest, is free. Collectors who have been buying the coins one at a time as they were issued have lost nothing, which is not always true of series sets.
How 10 Euro Trachten Coin Prices Moved Across the Series
The copper coin held at €10.00 for all four issues. The silver did not.
The special uncirculated silver ran €43.20 for both 2025 coins, stepped up to €45.00 for Loden earlier in 2026, and now sits at €54.00 for Horn. The proof followed the same shape: €57.00, €57.00, €59.40, and now €67.80. The last SU coin in the series costs 25 percent more than the first, and the last proof about 19 percent more, on a coin containing exactly the same 15.56 grams of fine silver.
Nothing about the coins changed. The pricing did.
What the Completed Trachten Series Means for Collectors
Four coins, one material each, and a set of ideas that a mint could easily have handled as decoration and instead handled as subject matter. Linen, leather, loden, horn: none of them is glamorous, and that is rather the point of the series. It argues that the interesting thing about traditional dress is what it is made of and who made it, which is a more collector friendly premise than most costume themed programmes manage.
The copper coins will be everywhere at 130,000 apiece and should stay affordable indefinitely. The silver, at 30,000 per finish across four dates, is where any future scarcity in this series will live, and complete SU or proof runs assembled now are the pieces most likely to be difficult to reassemble later. All three sets and all three finishes are listed as in stock and ship from the 9 September issue date, with set orders capped at ten.
10 Euro Anpirschen Horn Coin Specifications
| Copper Unc | Silver SU | Silver Proof | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Product no. | 28215 | 28216 | 28217 |
| Alloy | Cu 999 | Ag 925 | Ag 925 |
| Weight | 15.00 g | 16.82 g (15.56 g fine) | 16.82 g (15.56 g fine) |
| Diameter | 32 mm | 32 mm | 32 mm |
| Mintage | 130,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 |
| Price | €10.00 | €54.00 | €67.80 |
| Packaging | None | Blister, German text | Case, numbered COA, slipcase |
