| Inscriptions |
| Many Austrian coins, tokens and medals display inscriptions and abbreviations that can be confusing to those with little familiarity with Austrian numismatics. That is especially true for older material which may have inscriptions or abbreviations in either Latin or German. Below I have listed the abbreviations that are encountered most often; This is not a comprehensive list: |
| Countries AUS, AVSTR, AUST, ÖEST or ÖST = Austria BO, BOH or BOEH = Bohemia BAV or BAU = Bavaria BURG = Burgundy DAL or DALM = Dalmatia HET (HET)ruria", i.e. Tuscany IERO or JERO = Jerusalem GAL = Galicia G, GE or GER = Germany HU, HV, HUNG or HVNG = Hungary ILL = Illyria LOD or LO = Lodomeria LOMB = Lombardy LOTH = Lorraine SAL = Salzburg VEN = Venice |
| Titles A A or A AUST = Archduke (or Archduchess) of Austria ARCHID AUST = Archduchess of Austria CO TYR or CON TYR = Countess of Tyrol DUX = Duke or Duchess HAER = Hereditary IMPER, IMP = Emperor, Empress KAI or KAIS = Kaiser KAIS V OEST = Kaiser of Austria KOEN = King MAG = Magnum (Grand or Great) REG = (Regent) King or Queen REX = King R I S A (Romanorum Imperator Semper August) = Emperor of the Romans Ever August or Always August RO I or R I or R IMP = (Romanorum Imperator) = Emperor of the Romans |
| Names Ferd I = Ferdinand I FRANC JOS I = Francis Joseph I FRANC II = Francis II JOS II = Joseph II M. THERESIA = Maria Theresia Phrases IUSTITIA ET CLEMENTIA = Justice and Mercy D G (Dei Gratia) = By the grace of God |
| Connecting Words U = and V = or V used for von = from Other Abbreviations ATS or ÖS = Austrian Schilling Fl = Florin/Gulden |
| k. k. or k. u. k. ("kaiserlich-königlich" and "kaiserlich und königlich") k. k. (kaiserlich stands for imperial, königlich for royal) After the Compromise (Ausgleich) of 1867, k.k. was used for and comprised agencies and institutions in the western part of the Habsburg empire ("kingdoms and lands represented in the Reichsrat") but not for the eastern part, the kingdom of Hungary ("königlich-ungarisch" = Royal Hungarian". The abbreviation k. u. k. was used for institutions and agencies common to the two parts of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy (i.e. the army, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Finance). |
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