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5 Corona - Francis Joseph I
| Issuer | Austrian Empire |
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| Year | 1900-1907 |
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| Composition | Silver (.900) |
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| Reverse description | A crowned imperial double-headed eagle displayed in the centre of the coin, its heads facing outward and bearing a single crown above. The eagle is encircled by a decorative wreath composed of alternating small crowned shields in roundels and laurel or oak leaves, forming an ornamental ring. The denomination QUINQUE CORONÆ and the numeral 5 appear in the legend, accompanied by the date and the mint mark COR·. The overall composition reflects the heraldic tradition of the Habsburg monarchy, engraved by Anton Scharff and Andreas Neudeck. |
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| Mintage | 1900 - - 8,961,416 1907 - - 1,539,200 1907 - Proof - |
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The 5 Corona denomination was introduced as Austria modernized its currency system following the switch from the Gulden to the Krone in 1892, a reform driven partly by the need to align with the Latin Monetary Union's standards and partly by the fiscal pressures following Austria's exclusion from German unification in 1866. Production of this type ran across seven years under the Vienna mint, with output figures varying considerably year to year.
The 1900 and 1907 dates are the most readily encountered; certain intermediate years are genuinely scarce in any grade.