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1/2 Scudo - Franz I
| Issuer | Austrian Empire |
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| Year | 1822-1835 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The Austrian imperial double-headed eagle displayed, each head surmounted by a separate crown beneath a large central imperial crown. The eagle bears a detailed quartered coat of arms on its breast, incorporating the arms of the Habsburg hereditary lands. The eagle's wings are spread and elaborately detailed with feathers, and it clutches a sword and sceptre in its talons. The date and mint letter appear within the legend, which encircles the design along the periphery within a beaded border. |
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The half scudo denomination survived in Lombardy-Venetia as a concession to regional monetary convention — northern Italian populations were deeply accustomed to scudo-based accounting, and Austria's administrators understood that forcing an abrupt transition to the florin system would generate unnecessary friction in already restive territories. Franz I had absorbed these lands formally through the Congress of Vienna in 1815, and the retention of familiar coinage was a calculated administrative choice, not an oversight.
The Milan mint struck this type throughout the run. Its C#7 attribution places it among the earliest organized issues for the kingdom under Austrian administration.