Austrian Empire, House of Habsburg-Lorraine, 3 Kreuzer 1847 A, Vienna Mint, billon, Ferdinand I.
Obverse: FERD · I · D · G · AVSTR · IMP · HVNG · BOH · R · H · N · V · (translated: Ferdinand I, by the Grace of God, Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary and Bohemia, fifth of this name). Mint mark A (Vienna) below the portrait. Laureate bust of Ferdinand I to the right.
Reverse: REX · LOMB · ET · VEN · DALM · GAL · LOD · ILL · A · A · 1847 · (translated: King of Lombardy and Venetia, Dalmatia, Galicia, Lodomeria, Illyria, Archduke of Austria). Value 3 in the field. Crowned imperial double eagle.
References: KM# 2191, Adamo# D2.
Ferdinand I reigned from 1835 until his abdication in December 1848. As King of Hungary and Bohemia he bore the name Ferdinand V, expressed in the legend as H · N · V (Hujus Nominis Quintus — fifth of this name). The 3 Kreuzer was struck in Vienna in large quantities for everyday trade. The year 1847 was the last quiet minting year before the revolutions of spring 1848 shook the empire and led to Ferdinand's abdication in favour of his nephew Francis Joseph I.
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