5 Schilling Copper-nickel

Obverse

Lippizaner stallion with rider, rearing left.

Lettering: 
· REPUBLIK ·
ÖSTERREICH

Engraver: Hans Köttenstorfer

Reverse

The Austrian escutcheon, the facial value and two laurel branches from the plant : Spineless butcher's broom. 
Binomial Name: Ruscus hypoglossum

Lettering: 
SCHILLING
5
19 72

Engraver: Josef Köblinger

Edge

Smooth