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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Eidolon, post: 4620989, member: 102103&quot;]Day 114:&nbsp; Lombardy, 1/2 Lira, 1822, King Franz I</p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry it&#039;s hard to make out any details.&nbsp; Every speck of dust on the plastic shows</p><p>up if I leave these in a 2 x 2.&nbsp; <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces38391.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces38391.html" rel="nofollow">Here&#039;s</a> a clearer example.&nbsp; I believe the V mint mark </p><p>indicates it was minted in Venice.&nbsp; The other mints for this series are M for Milan</p><p>and A for Vienna.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ob:&nbsp; FRANCISCVS I·D·G·AVSTRIAE IMPERATOR·&nbsp; V</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; LOMB·ET VEN·REX·A·A·1822&nbsp;&nbsp; 1/2 LIRA</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1144140[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This is the same Francis who was Holy Roman Emperor Francis II and later Emperor </p><p>of Austria Francis I.&nbsp; His other titles included King of Hungary-Croatia, King of </p><p>Bohemia, and King of Lombardy-Venetia.&nbsp; Here&#039;s an earlier coin of his I had posted:</p><p><br /></p><p>Austria, 20 Kreuzer, Emperor Franz I, 1807</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1144142[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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