hi my english is bad, so i suppose that you will understand me my friend have a coin ( i dont have a picture of it ) there is written: IMPERIVM AVSTRICVM 1898 FRANCISCVSIOSPHVS I D G IMPERATOR ET EX he would like to know, how much is it worth thank you for your answers!
It's something from Austria - Emperor Franz Joseph I. (ruled 1848 - 1916). Please give a description of the other side of your coin (or medal)
Welcome to the forum dario. Coin values are so much influenced by their condition that a picture is really necessary to even begin estimating. Late 19th Century Austrian coins are valued in the range of several for a dollar in a dealer "junk box", to thousands of dollars. A coin can frequently be identified without seeing it, but a description of the size, probable metallic compositon, indication of denomination, and date are needed. The inscription you describe doesn't exactly match anything I have found in the 19th Century volume of the Standard Catalog of World Coins, and the "EX IMPERIVM" part is rather odd. Starting with the Emperor's name and reading clockwise around the rim, the first part of the inscription translates as "Franz Joseph I, by the Grace of God Emperor and", and ends with the country name. The date at the bottom is a separate design element from the legend.
