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The platinum version of Europe's best-selling bullion coin, added by the Austrian Mint in 2016 after the gold (1989) and silver (2008) Philharmonics. Legal tender at €100, struck in .9995 fine platinum, and physically the largest 1 oz platinum coin at 37 mm across. Its euro denomination and Austrian Mint backing make it the default platinum coin for European buyers and a widely accepted one everywhere else.
Austrian Platinum Philharmonic melt value tracks platinum spot price directly — this chart is the same live platinum price used to calculate the melt value above, so you can see the trend behind today's number.
What is actually struck on each face, and who designed it.
The Great Organ of the Golden Hall of the Vienna Musikverein, with "REPUBLIK ÖSTERREICH", "1 UNZE PLATIN 999.5", "100 EURO" and the date — Thomas Pesendorfer's design shared with the gold and silver Philharmonics.
An arrangement of orchestral instruments — a cello in the centre flanked by violins, a harp, a Vienna horn and a bassoon — with "WIENER PHILHARMONIKER" above.
The Vienna Philharmonic coin began in gold in 1989 and became the world's best-selling gold coin several times in the 1990s and 2000s. The silver version followed in 2008 and the platinum in 2016, all carrying the same organ-and-instruments artwork by the Mint's chief engraver Thomas Pesendorfer, so the three metals sit together as a matched set.
At €100 the Platinum Philharmonic is the only major platinum bullion coin with a euro face value, and it is exempt from VAT in most EU states as investment bullion. That gives it a natural home market of 400 million people and explains why it is often the cheapest 1 oz platinum coin to buy in Europe.
At 37 mm it is noticeably wider than the 30-33 mm American, Canadian, Australian and British platinum coins, and correspondingly thinner. The size, the bright proof-like fields and the distinctive organ design make it one of the easiest bullion coins to authenticate by eye.
About the Austrian Platinum Philharmonic
At the current platinum spot price of $1,778.60/oz, the melt value of a Austrian Platinum Philharmonic (1 troy oz, .9995 fine platinum) is approximately $1,778.60. This updates continuously with the spot price above — sellers on the marketplace typically price above melt value, since the premium covers minting, distribution, and dealer margin.
Melt value is the raw metal content only — what you'd get scrapping the coin. The premium above it pays for minting, distribution, and dealer margin, and on this marketplace specifically, it's set by each individual seller rather than one company's price list, so it's worth comparing a few listings rather than buying the first one you see.
Like any commodity, platinum trades on global supply and demand — mine output and recycling on the supply side, industrial use, jewelry, and investment buying on the demand side. Short-term moves are usually driven by macro factors: interest rates, currency strength, and how much uncertainty investors are pricing into markets generally.
Government-minted bullion coins like this one are legal tender, widely recognized, and easy to resell — that recognition is usually worth the modest premium over generic rounds or bars of the same weight. For buyers who want to add to a physical position gradually, one-ounce coins are also just a convenient, liquid unit size.
This page shows melt value — spot price times pure metal content, recalculated on every page load. Individual seller listings add their own premium on top, and that premium (not the melt value) is what actually varies between sellers, so it's normal for listing prices below to sit above the number at the top of this page.
Melt value at the same live platinum spot price of $1,778.60/oz.
