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1 Sovrano - Franz I
| Issuer | Lombardy-Venetia, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1835 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Double-headed imperial eagle displayed, each head crowned separately beneath a large central imperial crown, the breast bearing a multi-quartered heraldic shield of the Habsburg dominions. The eagle's wings are spread and detailed with fine featherwork; the right talon grasps a sword and the left an orb. The date 1835 and the full royal titulature are distributed around the periphery in Latin legend, separated by dots, within a toothed border. |
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| Mintage | 1835 A - C#11a.1 - 1835 M - C#11a.2 - |
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Franz I — Franz II of the Holy Roman Empire until its dissolution in 1806 — ruled Lombardy-Venetia as a constituent kingdom of the Austrian Empire, a political construction created at the Congress of Vienna specifically to legitimize Habsburg control over northern Italy. The Sovrano was the Austrian equivalent of the Ducat system adapted for Italian circulation, and Lombardy-Venetia maintained its own mint output at Milan and Venice partly as a concession to regional commercial expectations.
Franz died in March 1835, making this a final-year issue under his name. The Milan mint struck these in limited quantities that year before transitioning to Ferdinand I coinage.