Hello everyone. I am new to the forums. Ive had this coin in my very small collection of non-U.S. coins for quite some time, but have yet to identify its origin or rarity. I'm not sure what king is on the face, and I'm not positive if the date on the back is the date this coin was made, but I hope that some of you can clarify it for me. here are pictures of both the front and back: front- back-
Hi atmos, and welcome to the forum. The legend on your coin, "Franc.Ios.I D.G. Austr. Rex Boh. Gal. Ill. etc. et Ap. Rex Hung", translates to "Francis (aka Franz) Joseph I, by the Grace of God, Emperor of Austria, King of Bohemia, Galicia and Illyria and King of Hungary." According to the 19th Century volume of the Krause & Mishler Standard Catalog of World Coins, that legend was used on Austrian coins. The bust does match pictures of various coins from Franz Joseph's reign, including the 20 Kreuzer 2.6667g .500 silver coin (KM#2212) which is the same size as yours, but was last minted in 1872. However, the reverse does not match any 19th Century Austrian coin pictured in Krause. When I get a chance I'll hunt through the listings for some of the other countries formerly part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and see if I can find something.
It's definitely not French. I thought perhaps it was Hungarian with that mitre on the reverse. But if it is - I can't find it
tghe coin is a perfect match for Austria KM2804 1 Corona (Monetary Reform period 1892-1918).. It's .835 silver with an actual silver weight of .1342 ozs according to Krause. There were 50,124,000 struck for that year so in some senses it's a bit surprising that the coin isn't part of everyone's coin collection. I know that I had my fair share of them at one stage . As to value. Yours is worth circa $2 in that condition. Ian
