1960 AD., Austria, 40th anniversary of the Carinthian Plebescite commemorative, Vienna / Wien mint, 25 Schilling, KM 2890.

Austria, 40th anniversary of the Carinthian Plebescite commemorative, Vienna / Wien mint, engravers: Hans Köttenstorfer (obverse) and Arnold Hartig (rev.), 1960 AD.,
25 Schilling (30 mm / 12,95 g), 0.800 silver, 13,00 g theor. mint weight, mintage 1.600.000 , medal alignment ↑↑ , plain edge with incuse legend " * FUENFUNDZWANZIG SCHILLING * ",
Obv.: KÄRTNER VOLKSABSTIMMUNG / 1920 / 19 - 60 / KÖTTENSTORFER , a woman and a man flanking a ballot box, Carinthian state shield of arms and engraver´s signature below.
Rev.: REPUBLIK / ÖSTERREICH // 25 / SCHILLING , value number within a beaded circle, small spray of leaves below, surrounded by 3/4 circle of nine shields of arms of the nine states of Austria.
KM 2890 .

Year / Mintage
1960 1 599 000
1960 900 (proof)

Carinthia (German: Kärnten, Slovene: Koroška) is the southernmost Austrian state or Land. Situated within the Eastern Alps it is chiefly noted for its mountains and lakes. The main language is German. Its regional dialects belong to the Southern Austro-Bavarian group.
The Carinthian Plebiscite (German: Kärntner Volksabstimmung, Slovene: Koroški plebiscit) on 10 October 1920 determined the final southern border between the Republic of Austria and the newly formed Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later Yugoslavia) after World War I.
After the ruin of the multi-ethnic Austro-Hungarian Monarchy and the Habsburg dynasty in World War I, new states arose in its former territory. Among these there was an internationally unrecognized State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs, which was created on October 29, 1918, but was incorporated into the newly formed Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes on December 1, 1918.
The outcome of the plebiscite held on October 10, 1920, was 22,025 votes (59.1% of the total cast) in favor of adhesion to Austria and 15,279 (40.9%) in favor of annexation by the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes. Because the Austrian option gained a majority of votes in Slavic Zone A, the second stage of the referendum in northern Zone B, populated chiefly by German speakers, was not carried out.
The plebiscite determined the border between Austria and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes. The border remained unchanged after World War II, even as the Kingdom of Yugoslavia gave way to Josip Broz Tito's Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, though at the end of the war Yugoslav troops again briefly occupied the area, including the capital city of Klagenfurt. Since the disintegration of Yugoslavia, the border has separated Austria and Slovenia.