1/4 Florin - Francis Joseph I

€33,516.00
IssuerAustrian Empire
Year1866
TypeStandard circulation coin
Value1/4 Florin
CurrencyAustro-Hungarian gulden (decimalized, 1857-1892)
CompositionSilver (.520)
Weight5.345 g
Dimensions23 mm
Thickness
Shape and TechniqueRound
Milled
Orientation
Engraver(s)Obverse: Josef Tautenhayn
Reverse: Franz Gaul
In circulation to31 May 1893
Reference(s) KM#2215
Obverse descriptionLaureate portrait facing right of Franz Joseph of Habsburg Lorraine. Legend around (starts 7h).
Obverse scriptLatin
Obverse letteringFRANC IOS I D G AVSTRIAE IMPERATOR A
(Translation: Franz Joseph I, by the grace of God, Austrian Emperor)
Reverse descriptionCrowned double headed imperial eagle with arms of the House of Habsburg Lorraine and Austria. Legend around (starts 1h) for `Hungariae, Bohemiae, Lombardiae et Venetiae, Galiciae, Lodomeriae, Illyriae, Rex, Archidux Austriae`
Reverse scriptLatin
Reverse letteringHVNG BOH LOMB ET VEN 1/4 FL GAL LOD ILL REX A A 1866
(Translation: King of Hungary, Bohemia, Lombardy and Venetia, Galicia and Lodomeria, Illyria, Archduke of Austria.)
Edge
MintA
Münze Österreich, Vienna, Austria(1194-date)
V
Venice, Italy (1172)
Mintage1866 A - - 521 820
1866 V - - 281 528
Catalog ID3501609040
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