Digitalisierung - NIOB Österreich Silber B.U. 25 Euro 2025

With the development of microprocessors and computers, an unstoppable transition began in the 1970s. The dialing of landlines and the clattering of typewriters became the workplace soundscape of yesteryear. Today, the Internet, smartphones and social media dominate our lives as technological progress has fundamentally changed how we communicate, both privately and professionally. Companies are increasingly focused on automation and professions that did not previously exist have emerged. But what does the future hold? Digitalisation will no doubt continue to develop until it permeates all areas of our lives even more deeply than it already does. Artificial intelligence (AI) and virtual reality are opening up countless new possibilities and these technologies are increasingly offering personalised solutions for myriad processes. The world is ever more connected and smart cities, the Internet of things (IoT), self-driving cars and digital currencies increasingly commonplace. At the same time, challenges are constantly emerging. Data protection, ethics and digital participation have to be constantly reassessed, for example, as must the importance of cyber security in an increasingly networked world. Whether we like it or not, digitalisation has a massive impact on all our lives. An index finger taps a smartphone in the green and purple niobium core of the obverse of Digitalisation and play, camera and music icons, as well as a digital clock, show its multifunctionality. Their analogue counterparts are depicted in the silver outer rim. The silver outer rim on the coin’s reverse also features analogue objects such as a stamp, books, a phone dial and typeset letters for printing, while their digital counterparts can be found in its green and purple niobium core: a cloud and @ sign, a call icon, a book made up of pixels and an industrial robot. In the very centre are the letters ‘KI’ (AI in German) in a microchip that connects everything.