AUSTRIA -FRANÇOIS JOSEPH December 2, 1848 - November 21, 1916 FRANC IOS I D G IMP AVSTR REX BOH GAL ILL ETC ET AP REX HVNG. His naked head to the right. R/ Allegory seated in the clouds before a radiant sun. Below, DVODECIM LVSTRIS GLORIOSE PERACTIS. Edge inscribed in hollow: VIRIBVS VNITIS punctuation of fleurons. ♦ Fr 514 100 Corona gold 1848-1916 (60 years of reign) Vienna. (33,90 g) Cleaning marks. Superb.

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