¼ Florin 1867-1871 [Austria]

Name: Монеты ¼ Florin 1867-1871 [Austria]
Price: 400 RUB
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Reverse
The central part features the lesser coat of arms of the Austrian Empire. It depicts a double-headed eagle with spread wings, its heads crowned, above them the Crown of Saint Stephen. In its right talon are a sword and scepter, in its left an orb. On its chest is the family heraldic shield of Habsburg-Lorraine, encircled by a chain. Along the upper edge of the coin are Latin inscriptions: to the right and left 'HVNGAR∙BOHEM∙GAL∙LOD∙ILL∙REX A∙A∙1868' (King of Hungary, Bohemia, Galicia, Lodomeria, Illyria, Archduke of Austria 1868), below – '1/4 FL' (1/4 Florin). The coin's edge features decorative dots.
Obverse
Centered is the right-facing profile of Emperor of the Austrian Empire, King of Bohemia, Franz Joseph I, crowned with a laurel wreath with a ribbon forming a bow. Along the edge of the coin runs a Latin text: left, top, and right 'FRANC∙IOS∙I∙D∙G∙AVSTRIAE IMPERATOR' (Franz Joseph I, by the Grace of God, Emperor of Austria). Below is the letter 'A' – the mint mark for the Vienna Mint. The coin's rim features decorative raised dots.