Gold Coin Franz Joseph I. 1908 (newly minted)
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Hungarian Hundred Crown 1908 - Novoražba/Budapest
In some years after the Second World War, the Budapest Mint minted, for commercial reasons (mainly for export to the USA), some types of gold coins from the reign of Franz Joseph I.
This 100th crown has been officially minted since 1974 either without the mintmark or with the abbreviation UP (új pénzverés). The exact number of these rare Hungarian coins minted is unknown.
Franz Joseph I.
Franz Joseph Karl (Franz Joseph Karl von Habsburg) was born on 18 August 1830 at 9:45 a.m. in Vienna, the son of Archduke Franz Karl (younger son of Emperor Franz I) and his wife Sophie, Princess of Bavaria. He had 4 siblings: Maximilian, Karl Ludwig , Maria Anna (died in infancy) and Ludwig Victor.
He became emperor at the age of 18 when his uncle Ferdinand I resigned and his father abdicated the throne during the suppression of the March Revolution in 1848. From the beginning, he saw his main role as preventing another revolution. He relied primarily on the army and the Church. However, the fact that he is depicted in uniform in most contemporary photographs stems from the fact that in his time there was no civilian dress worthy of an emperor.
In Austria-Hungary, all his problems became apparent during the war. One of the biggest problems was national disunity and the poor economic situation. The war was draining Austria-Hungary more than other countries and it was forced to orient itself more and more towards Germany, which aroused resentment among the non-German peoples of the monarchy.
Franz Joseph I died in the middle of the First World War, on 21 November 1916, in Vienna. His pompous funeral was overshadowed by the events of the war and the subsequent fall of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy, which the emperor had associated.
After his death, Charles I ascended the throne, but his policies failed to find a way to new national aspirations. In an already desperate situation, he attempted to declare a federation on 16 October 1918, yet during October Austria-Hungary began to disintegrate. On 28 October 1918 Czechoslovakia was proclaimed.
František Josef I. cent coronas issued in 1908 - 1915: Austrian mintage
| Year of mintage | Specifications | Edition (pcs) | ||||||
| 1908 | Lady in the Clouds, Proof | 16 026 |
| Year of mintage | Specifications | Edition (pcs) | Year of mintage | Specifications | Mintage (pcs) | Year of mintage | Specifications | Mintage (pcs) |
| 1909 | 3 203 | 1912 | 3 591 | 1915 | New Production | ∞ | ||
| 1910 | 3 074 | 1913 | 2 696 | 1915 | New Production, Proof | ? | ||
| 1911 | 11 165 | 1914 | 1 195 |
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