A beautiful mint piece.
Minted by the Vienna mint. Rare in the trade vintage, sought after in any state of preservation.
Obverse: head of the reigning monarch wearing a laurel wreath, clockwise, mint mark A below it, legend in the rim:
FRANC-IOS-I-D-G-AVSTRIA IMPERATOR;
Reverse: eagle of the empire, in the rim legend:
HVNG-BOH-LOMB-ET VEN--1 FL-GAL-LOD-ILL-REX A-A-1866;