- Description
- Specifications
| ID Number: | DB05-0224 |
| Description: | 2 Fillér (0.02 Korona) |
| Country or State: | Kingdom of Hungary (Austro-Hungarian Monarchy 1867–1918) |
| Year: | 1894 |
| Head of State/Ruler: | Franz Joseph I of Austria |
| Reign: | 2 December 1848 – 21 November 1916 |
| Currency: | Austro-Hungarian korona (1892-1918) |
| Obverse: | The Holy crown of Hungary (with crooked cross atop) in center, date below, lettering surrounding - ending with a star at base. Beaded rim |
| Obverse Legend: | MAGYAR KIRÁLYI VÁLTÓPÉNZ * 1894 |
| Reverse: | Wreath containing value with mint letters below |
| Reverse Legend: | 2 K · B |
| Edge: | Plain |
| Mint Mark: | KB (Kormoczbanya) - Slovakia (1328-date) |
| Orientation: | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Composition: | Bronze |
| Diameter: | 19.00 mm |
| Thickness: | 1.00 mm |
| Weight: | 3.28 grams |
| Mintage: | 39,150,321 |
| Catalog Number: | KM# 481 |
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Franz Joseph I or Francis Joseph I (German: Franz Joseph I., Hungarian: I. Ferenc József, 18 August 1830 – 21 November 1916) was Emperor of Austria, King of Bohemia, King of Croatia, Apostolic King of Hungary, King of Galicia and Lodomeria and Grand Duke of Cracow from 1848 until his death in 1916. From 1 May 1850 until 24 August 1866 he was President of the German Confederation. In December 1848, Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria abdicated the throne as part of Ministerpräsident Felix zu Schwarzenberg's plan to end the Revolutions of 1848 in Austria, which allowed Ferdinand's nephew Franz Joseph to ascend to the throne. Largely considered to be a reactionary, Franz Joseph spent his early reign resisting constitutionalism in his domains. The Austrian Empire was forced to cede most of its claim to Lombardy–Venetia to the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia following the conclusion of the Second Italian War of Independence in 1859, and the Third Italian War of Independence in 1866. Although Franz Joseph ceded no territory to the Kingdom of Prussia after the Austrian defeat in the Austro-Prussian War, the Peace of Prague (23 August 1866) settled the German question in favor of Prussia, which prevented the unification of Germany under the House of Habsburg (Großdeutsche Lösung). |