Catalog
20 Kreuzers - Ferdinand III of Austria-Tuscany
| Issuer | Salzburg, Bishopric of |
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| Year | 1804 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing draped bust of Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany and Archduke of Austria, rendered in classical portrait style with fine facial detail. The effigy is positioned centrally within the field, with the legend commencing at 12 o'clock and running clockwise around the periphery. The abbreviated Latin inscription identifies the ruler by his titles as Royal Prince of Hungary and Bohemia, Archduke of Austria, and Duke of Salzburg. The portrait is executed in the refined neoclassical manner characteristic of early nineteenth-century Austrian coinage. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Ferdinand III had been Grand Duke of Tuscany until Napoleon's reorganization of Italy stripped him of that title in 1801. He spent the next three years effectively stateless before being compensated with the Archbishopric of Salzburg — technically a secularized ecclesiastical principality by that point — under the terms of the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss of 1803. This coin dates to his first full year there. Salzburg itself would be absorbed into Austria just two years later, ending its run as an independent issuing authority entirely.