2 Souverains - Francis II

Issuer Austrian Netherlands
Year 1792-1798
Type Standard circulation coin
Value 2 Souverains (17.85)
Currency Florin (1744-1798)
Composition Gold (.919)
Weight 11.06 g
Diameter 28 mm
Thickness
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) KM#64, Delmonte G#222, Fr#143, Fr#468, Fr#469, Fr#471, Her#197 - 207
Obverse description Laureate bust right, mint mark (if present) below.
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering FRANC · II · D · G · R · IMP · S · A · GE · HIE · HV · BO · REX·
(Translation: Francis II, By the Grace of God, Holy Roman Emperor, always August, of Germany, Jerusalem, Hungary, and Bohemia, King.)
Reverse description Crowned oval shield with Austria-Lorraine-Burgundy arms surrounded by the collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece, atop Burgundian cross. Date divides legend, divided by mint mark.
Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering ARCH · AVST · DVX · BVRG · LOTH · BRAB · COM · FLAN ·
(Translation: Archduke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy, Lorraine, Brabant, Count of Flanders.)
Edge
Mint Günzburg, Germany
Hall, modern-day Hall in Tyrol,Austria
Kremnica, Slovakia(1328-date)
Münze Österreich, Vienna, Austria(1194-date)
Royal Mint of Belgium, Brussels,Belgium (983-2017)
Mintage 1792 A - Vienna -
1793 - angelface mintmark: Brussels Mint - 1 763
1793 A - Vienna -
1793 H - Gunzburg - 60 000
1793 V - Restrike, 1823 in Günzburg -
1794 A - Vienna -
1795 A - Vienna -
1795 B - Kremnitz -
1796 A - Vienna -
1796 B - Kremnitz -
1796 F - Hall -
1797 A - Vienna -
1798 A - Vienna -
Numisquare ID 4844461240
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