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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jaelus, post: 3116005, member: 46237&quot;]Here&#039;s the latest acquisition. I had been looking for a suitable upgrade for this type for some time, but had passed up a lot of examples as my previous type coin was a pleasing MS62.</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Austria-Hungary 1879 AR 2 Gulden/2 Forint</b></p><p><b>Franz Joseph &amp; Sisi 25th Wedding Anniversary Commemorative</b></p><p><b>XM5 (1879)</b></p><p><b>NGC MS64 PL</b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]791817[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><br /></p><p>This commemorative is typically attributed to Austria as the ranking state, however, it is really a pan-Austro-Hungarian Empire issue. While non-ducat gold in this period (1867-1892) was dual denomination, as far as I can tell, this is the only dual denomination <i>commemorative</i> coin issued during the entire Austro-Hungarian Compromise (1867-1918). The legends are in Latin, however, the denomination is inscribed on the edge of the coin in both German and Hungarian (Zwei Gulden / Ket Forint).</p><p><br /></p><p>The denomination in German is unusual, since the Gulden was replaced with the <i>slightly</i> debased (0.65g lighter) Florin in 1857 when they decimalized the currency. So the coin should technically be a 2 Florin, as it is 2 Florin weight (of note, it is catalogued as a 2 Florin coin). Sometimes the denomination was referred to as the Gulden-Florin, however, so it is possible that it was just shortened for the benefit of the edge lettering.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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