Owner Comments:
1868-A Ducat - Design: OBVERSE: Franz Josef with older laureate head with heavier whiskers; Legend in Latin: FRANC. JOS. I. D. G. AVSTRIAE IMPERATOR [Francis Joseph I, By The Grace Of God Emperor Of Austria] ~ REVERSE: Coat of Arms of the Austrian Empire - The coat of arms consists of a Imperial double-headed eagle, each head crowned with a royal crown and both toped with an imperial crown, holding in his right claw a sword and scepter, and in it’s left an orb, with an shield impaled of Habsburg, Austria and Lorraine, and with a collar of the order of the Golden Fleece; Legend in Latin: HVNGAR. BOHEM. GAL. LOD. ILL. REX A. A. [King Of Hungary, of Bohemia, of Galicia, of Lodomeria, of Illyria, Archduke of Austria]
Mint: Vienna (Wien)
Mintage: Unknown
References: KM# 2266 / Fr.492
Specifications: Diameter - 20mm
Weight - 3.4909 g. @ 0.9860 Gold = .1106 oz AGW
Acquired: October 2006
Providence: None
Notes:
Ø The proof-like details make this coin very uncommon.
Ø Franz Josef I of the Habsburg Dynasty was Emperor of Austria, Apostolic King Of Hungary and King Of Bohemia from 1848 until 1916.