10 Gulden - Franz Josef I (Pattern) 1855 front 10 Gulden - Franz Josef I (Pattern) 1855 back
10 Gulden - Franz Josef I (Pattern) 1855 photo
© Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück and Lübke & Wiedemann KG, Leonberg

10 Gulden - Franz Josef I Pattern

1855 year
Gold (.900) 7.28 g -
Description
Issuer
Austrian Empire
Emperor
Francis Joseph I (Franz Joseph I) (1848-1916)
Type
Pattern
Year
1855
Value
10 Gulden = 1⁄31 Vereinsmark
Currency
Gulden (1754-1857)
Composition
Gold (.900)
Weight
7.28 g
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized
Yes
Updated
2024-10-04
References
Numista
N#303353
Rarity index
95%

Reverse

Double-headed Austro-Hungarian eagle with crown, orb, and scepter

Script: Latin

Lettering: 31 EINE FEINE VEREINS MARK

Engraver: Karl Lange

Edge

Plain

Interesting fact

One interesting fact about the Pattern 10 Gulden - Franz Josef I (Pattern) 1855 from Austrian Empire made of Gold (.900) weighing 7.28 g is that it was designed by the Austrian mint's chief engraver, Joseph Daniel Böhm, and features a portrait of Emperor Franz Joseph I on the obverse side, while the reverse side depicts the Austrian coat of arms surrounded by a wreath.