Austria 1879 florin

formerly in the Mountain Groan Collection

The florin superseded the old half thaler and was struck 1857-92 with various busts of Franz Josef. This date is common but the reported mintage seems outsize.

Recorded mintage: 37,485,342.

Specification: 12.34 g, 0.900 fine silver, .357 troy oz AGW, 29.2 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Herinek 31, Veselý 67, KM 2222.

Source:

• Herinek, Gerhard, Austria Münzkatalog: Munzen ab 1745 und Banknoten ab 1759, 49. Auflage, Vienna: Christine Steyrer Verlag, 2022.
• Veselý, Roman, Mince a medaile, 19. století, František II ab Karel I, Prague: Aurea Numismatika, 2020.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

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