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2 Gulden - Francis Joseph I Kuttenberg mines
| Issuer | Austrian Empire |
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| Year | 1887 |
| Type | Commemorative circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | FRANC.IOS.I.D.G. AVSTRIAE IMPERATOR (Translation: Franz Joseph I, by the Gods grace Austrian Emperor) |
| Reverse description | Central view of the Gothic Church of Saint Barbara (Chrám svaté Barbory) in Kutná Hora, Bohemia, depicted in fine architectural detail with flying buttresses and spires prominently rendered. A small heraldic shield appears below the church in the lower field. The surrounding Latin legend commemorates Saint Barbara as patroness of the Kuttenberg mines and states the denomination and date in Roman numerals. A beaded border frames the entire design. |
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The Kuttenberg (Kutná Hora) mines issue belongs to a distinct category of Austrian commemorative coinage tied directly to Bohemia's silver-mining heritage. Kutná Hora had been the engine of Bohemian royal wealth from the 13th century onward, and by the Habsburg period its mines were largely exhausted — making this 1887 piece less a celebration of ongoing production than a nostalgic acknowledgment of what had built the empire's early fiscal foundations.
The XM prefix in the KM reference flags it as a non-circulating or special presentation strike, and surviving examples tend to show minimal wear for exactly that reason.