20 Kronen - Johann II

Liechtenstein struck no coins of its own between 1758 and 1900, relying entirely on Austrian and later Austro-Hungarian currency for daily commerce. The 1898 20 Kronen was part of a small prestige issue authorized under Johann II — who reigned for an extraordinary 70 years, the longest of any Liechtenstein prince — and was almost certainly produced at the Vienna Mint under contract rather than within the principality itself, which has never operated a mint of its own.

Circulation was effectively nil. These were struck for dynastic and diplomatic purposes, and most surviving examples show it.