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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RaceBannon, post: 1223506, member: 25357&quot;]Another one of my favorite world coins is the Austro Hungarian Empire 100 Corona. Just love the history behind this one.</p><p><br /></p><p>The obverse of this Austrian 100 Corona gold coin features a bust of Austrian King and Hungarian Emperor Franz Josef I. He is surrounded by the words: ‘FRANC ‘ IOS ‘ I ‘ D ‘ G ‘ IMP ‘ AVSTR ‘ REX BOH ‘ GAL ‘ ILL ‘ ETC ‘ET AP ‘ REX HVNG “.</p><p>The coin’s reverse features the coat of arms of Austria superimposed over a crowned Imperial double-headed eagle. The date and the face value of the coin are written twice ‘ in Latin and German. The Latin information lies at the top of the gold coin: ‘C CORON’ for 100 Corona and ‘MDCCCCXV’ for the date, although 1915 is typically written as MCMXV.</p><p><br /></p><p>Franz Josef I (1830-1916) ruled as both Emperor of Austria (1848-1916) and King of Hungary (1867-1916). It was during his reign that the Austro-Hungarian Empire was created. He became King of Hungary when he married the popular Elisabeth, also known as Sisi, whom the Hungarian people accepted as their true sovereign until her assassination on September 10, 1898.</p><p>Josef’s wife was not the only one to perish in a similar fashion. His brother Maximillian who had served as Emperor of Mexico was executed in 1867 and his nephew and heir Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914. It was this last act that is commonly considered the catalyst for World War I. Josef died two years later on November 21, 1916.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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