1805

20 Kreuzer
Obverse - Salzburg - 20 Kreuzer - 1805 Reverse - Salzburg - 20 Kreuzer - 1805
Obverse - Ferdinand (Ferdinand III of Tuscany), right.
Legend - FERDINANDUS D . C . H . B . R . PR . A . A . D . SAL .
Exergue - M (Franz Xavier Matzenkopf, Jr. [1755-1805], Engraver)
Reverse - Coat of Arms.
Legend - PRINC . AI . PAS . ETBER . S . R . I . P . ELECTOR 1805
Exergue - 20 within a plain diamond
Size, 27.75 mm.
 
The Electorate of Salzburg was cobbled together as a consolation prize for Ferdinand III of Tuscany whose possessions were taken to help form the Kingdom of Eturia. He was a younger brother of the Austrian Emperor Francis and finally regained Tuscany after the end of the wars in 1814.