Austria-Hungary 1 crown, 1914 Austro-Hungarian Empire, Emperor Franz Joseph I

BASIC INFORMATION

• Krause number: KM# 2820
• Circulation: 37 897 000
• Country: Austria
• Denomination of the coin: 1 crown
• Years of minting: 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916
• Year of the coin: 1914
• Period: Austro-Hungarian Crown (1892–1918)
• Ruler: Franz Joseph I
• Material: Silver 0.835
• Coin type: Circulation coins
• Group: Inscription with a pattern
• Form: Circle
• Obverse/reverse: Medal (0 °)
• Weight (g): 5
• Diameter (mm): 23
• Thickness (mm): 1.5
• Mint: Vienna, Austria-Hungary

LEGEND

Obverse: D G IMP AVSTR REX BOH GAL ILL ETC ET AP REX HVNG / FRANC IOS I / ST SCHWARTZ
Reverse: 1 / 1914
Band description: ‘+=ͻ * c=+ * V I R I B V S * +=ͻ * c=+ * V N I T I S *’
Artist: Both — Stefan Schwartz. Monogram: ST SCHWARTZ.

The obverse of the coin depicts a bust of emperor Franz Joseph I. A pattern of dashes and an inscription (D G IMP AVSTR REX BOH GAL ILL ETC ET AP REX HVNG / FRANC IOS I / ST SCHWARTZ) follow the circumference of the coin.

The reverse in the center shows the denomination of the coin of 1, below the denomination is the date of minting the coin “1914”.