Watch List notes:

Austria, Austro-Hungarian Empire. Franz Joseph I (1848-1916) AR Medal (Double Guilder). Vienna mint(?), 1888. Struck to commemorate the emperor's 40th jubilee and 5th Lower Austria federal shooting competition in Vienna. Design by F. Leisek. FRANZ JOSEPH I. KAISER V. OESTERREICH ETC., bare-headed and draped bust right wearing imperial chain and medals; F.LEISEK under nearest shoulder / KAISER JUBILÄUMS-U•V•N•Ö•LANDESCHIESSEN 1848/88, *WIENER SCHÜTZENVEREIN*, crowned double headed eagle with coat-of-arms of Vienna on chest. Hauser, J. Die Münzen und Medaillen der Haupt- und Residenzstadt München, (Munich, 1905), #5146; Peltzer 1937. 22.22g, 36mm, 12h.

Mint State; attractive iridescent cabinet tone.

Acquired from Heidelberger Münzhandlung Herbert Grün eK.