2 Florins - Francis Joseph I

€33,641.00
IssuerAustrian Empire
Year1866
TypeStandard circulation coin
Value2 Florins
CurrencyAustro-Hungarian gulden (decimalized, 1857-1892)
CompositionSilver (.900)
Weight24.69 g
Dimensions37 mm
Thickness
Shape and TechniqueRound
Milled
OrientationMedal alignment ↑↑
Engraver(s)Obverse: Josef Tautenhayn
Reverse: Franz Gaul
In circulation to31 May 1893
Reference(s) KM#2231
Obverse descriptionLaureate portrait of young Franz-Joseph on the right. Caption around it.
Obverse scriptLatin
Obverse letteringFRANC IOS I D G AVSTRIAE IMPERATOR
(Translation: Franz Joseph I, by the grace of God, Austrian Emperor)
Reverse descriptionCrowned double-headed imperial eagle charged with the arms of Habsburg-Lorraine and Austria. Legend (beginning 1h) for `Hungariae, Bohemiae, Lombardiae et Venetiae, Galiciae, Lodomeriae, Illyriae, Rex, Archidux Austriae`
Reverse scriptLatin
Reverse letteringHVNG BOH LOMB ET VEN GAL LOD ILL REX A A 1866
(Translation: King of Hungary, Bohemia, Lombardy and Venetia, Galicia and Lodomeria, Illyria, Archduke of Austria.)
Edge
Mint
Mintage1866 A - - 74 635
Catalog ID3102285940
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