Catalog
20 Kreuzers - Franz Josef I
| Issuer | Liechtenstein |
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| Year | 1778 |
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| Currency | Thaler (1728-1868) |
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| Obverse description | Draped and mantled bust of Franz Josef I facing right, wearing the chain of the Order of the Golden Fleece. The effigy is rendered in a formal baroque portrait style. A continuous Latin legend surrounds the bust in the outer field, identifying the ruler by name and title. |
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| Reverse description | A crowned oval coat of arms set within a decorative frame, from which an order chain is suspended. A continuous Latin legend encircles the central device, citing the ruler's additional titles and dignities. The date 1778 and denomination numeral 20 appear at the close of the legend in the lower field. |
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This piece was struck under Franz Josef I of Liechtenstein during a period when the Principality, though nominally sovereign, operated largely within the monetary orbit of the Habsburg Empire. The 20 Kreuzer denomination in this fineness aligns with Habsburg conventions of the period — Liechtenstein's own coinage was never extensive, and issues from this reign are genuinely scarce simply because so few were produced for such a small territory.