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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Eidolon, post: 5130429, member: 102103&quot;]Thanks for all the posts so far!&nbsp; Here are 3 more of my early 1800s Austria coins.</p><p>The 7 kreuzer 1802 I believe is overstruck over a debased 1795 12 kreuzer.</p><p><br /></p><p>Austria 7 Kreutzer 1802</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1203601[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Austria 20 Kreuzer Franz I 1807</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1203602[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Austria 1849 C 6 Kreuzer 0.4375</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1203603[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And some coppers from northern Italy under Austrian rule:</p><p>Lombardy Venetia 5/10 Soldo 1862 (under Franz Joseph I)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1203604[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Gorizia 1 Soldo <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces38942.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces38942.html" rel="nofollow">1764 H</a> (under Maria Theresa)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1203605[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Gorizia 1 Soldo <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces38938.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces38938.html" rel="nofollow">1788</a> (under Joseph II)--not sure which mint mark, its pretty rough!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1203606[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The nicer of the two Gorizia coppers was given away by my oldest during a</p><p>performance of &quot;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Servant_of_Two_Masters" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Servant_of_Two_Masters" rel="nofollow">A Servant of Two Masters</a>,&quot; a Venetian comedy from 1746.</p><p>In some modern adaptations of the play, there is audience participation and the cast</p><p>have to improvise a bit.&nbsp; When the servant Truffaldino complains he has no money</p><p>to buy food, sometimes audience members will give him actual money.&nbsp; And he</p><p>would sadly pretend to reject it as fake because he has never heard of &quot;The </p><p>United States&quot; nor a date in the 20th Century.&nbsp; So my daughter gave him a 1700s</p><p>Venetian coin during the performance to see what he would ad-lib.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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