Laureate head of Emperor Franz Joseph I, wearing a moustache and dense sideburns going down to the neck. Around this bust the inscription `Franz Joseph I by the grace of God, emperor and king`.
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
FRANCISCVS·IOSEPHVS·I·D·G·IMPERATOR·ET·REX
* (Translation: Franz Joseph I, by the grace of God, emperor and king)
Reverse description
Austrian imperial symbol, namely a crowned double-headed eagle with its mouth open, tongues outwards, wings spread, stamped with a shield surrounded by the collar of the Golden Fleece. He holds a sword in his right hand and a crown in his left. In the arc of a circle an inscription `Empire of Austria`; the motto is written in Francs and in florin `8 Fl - 20 Fr`. At the very bottom in the middle of the coin, the year of issue.
