15 Kreuzer from the Austrian Empire of Franz I, 1807
Also known as: 15 Kreuzer uit het keizerrijk Oostenrijk van Franz I,1807
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1807
Copper coin. Obverse: within an incurved lozenge with value designations in the arcs, laureate head of the Emperor facing right, below which the letter A [= Vienna].
Reverse: within an incurved lozenge with value designations in the arcs, crowned double-headed eagle with small crowns on the heads. On its breast, a shield collared by an order of chivalry, bearing the value designation, and in its talons a sword and an orb. Date at the end of the legend. Cable edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-1294; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 3.5 cm x weight 14.97 g.
Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
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- Catalogue references
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- copper (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 3.5 cm x weight 14.97 g
Design
- Obverse
- within an incurved lozenge with value designations in the arcs, laureate head of the Emperor facing right, below which the letter A [= Vienna].
- Reverse
- within an incurved lozenge with value designations in the arcs, crowned double-headed eagle with small crowns on the heads. On its breast, a shield collared by an order of chivalry, bearing the value designation, and in its talons a sword and an orb. Date at the end of the legend. Cable edge.
Identification
- Original title
- 15 Kreuzer uit het keizerrijk Oostenrijk van Franz I,1807
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- KOG-MP-1-1294
- Museum classification
- coin
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- Issue or mint date
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- Material
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- Mint or printer
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- Mint or printer mark
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Catalogue references
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