1796, Emperor Francis II. Large Silver Crown Thaler.XF+

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1796, Emperor Francis II. Large Silver Crown Thaler . XF+ Mint Year: 1796 Reference: KM-62.1, Davenport 1180. Denomination: Kronenthaler (crown thaler) Mint Place: Gunzburg, (Burgau in Germany, H) Condition: Usual adjusting marks in reverse, otherwise a nice XF+ Weight: 29.55gm Diameter: 40mm Material: Silver Obverse: Wreathed bust of Francis II. Mint initial (H) below. Legend: FRANC.II.D.G.R.I.S.A.GER.HIE.HVN.BOH.REX Exergue: H (Mintmark of Gunzburg, Germany) Reverse: The Golden Fleece hanging on a flintstone underneath a fire iron with sparkles forming Cross of Burgundy behind. Crowns in fields. Comment: The three crowns belong to Austria, Hungary and Bohemia, hence the name of this coin (crown thaler). Latin Legend: ARCH.AVST.DVX.BVRG..FLAN.1796 The Kronenthaler was a silver coin first issued in the Austrian Netherlands (see Austrian Netherlands Kronenthaler). It contained one ninth of a Cologne mark of silver and was thus equal to the Reichsthaler of the Leipzig convention. Most examples show the bust of the Austrian ruler on the obverse and four crowns on the reverse, hence the name which means "crown thaler". After the Austrian Netherlands was occupied by France, several German states (Bavaria, Baden, Hesse-Darmstadt and Württemberg) issued Kronenthaler, as it had become a popular trade coin. Authenticity unconditionally guaranteed. ! Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (German language: Franz II, Heiliger Römischer Kaiser ) (Florence, 12 February 1768 – Vienna, 2 March 1835) was the last Holy Roman Emperor, ruling from 1792 until 6 August 1806, when he dissolved the Empire after the disastrous defeat of the Third Coalition by Napoleon at the Battle of Austerlitz. In 1804 he had founded the Austrian Empire and became Francis I of Austria ( Franz I. ), the first Emperor of Austria, ruling from 1804 to 1835, so later he was named the one and only Doppelkaiser (double emperor) in history. For the two years between 1804 and 1806 Francis used the title and style by the grace of God elected Roman Emperor, always August, hereditary Emperor of Austria and he was called the Emperor of both Germany and Austria . Francis I continued his leading role as an opponent of Napoleonic France in the Napoleonic Wars, and suffered several more defeats after Austerlitz. The proxy marriage of state of his daughter Marie Louise of Austria to Napoleon I on March 10, 1810 was assuredly his most severe.As the leader of the large multi-ethnic Habsburg Empire, Francis felt threatened by Napoleon's call for liberty and equality in Europe. Francis had a fraught relationship with France. His aunt Marie Antoinette died under the guillotine at the beginning of his reign. Francis, on the whole, was indifferent to her fate (she was not close to his father Leopold, and Francis had never met her). Georges Danton attempted to negotiate with the Emperor for Marie Antoinette's release from captivity, but Francis was unwilling to make any concessions in return. Later, he led Austria into the French Revolutionary Wars and was defeated by Napoleon. By the Treaty of Campo Formio, he ceded the left bank of the Rhine to France in exchange for Venice and Dalmatia. He again fought against France during the Second and Third Coalition, when after meeting crushing defeat at Austerlitz, he had to agree to the Treaty of Pressburg, which effectively dissolved the Holy Roman Empire, weakening the Austrian Empire and reorganizing present-day Germany under a Napoleonic imprint.In 1809, Francis attacked France again, hoping to take advantage of the Peninsular War embroiling Napoleon in Spain. He was again defeated, and this time forced to ally himself with Napoleon, ceding territory to the Empire, joining the Continental System, and wedding his daughter Marie-Louise to the Emperor. Francis essentially became a vassal of the Emperor of the French. The Napoleonic wars drastically weakened Austria and threatened its preeminence a... read more

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