Depicts a portrait of Francis II & I right surrounded by the legend "Francis II Dei Gratia Rex Roman(orum) Imper(ator) Semper (always) August (title 1st Roman emperor) Germania Hungaria Bohemia Rex (king) Archidux Austriae" ("Francis II, by god Grace Roman Emperor Always August, King of Germany, Hungary and Bohemia, Archduke of Austria"). Mintmark below.

Francis II (1768–1835) was the last Holy Roman Emperor, ruling from 1792 until 6 August 1806, when he dissolved the Holy Roman Empire after the decisive defeat at the hands of the First French Empire led by Napoleon at the Battle of Austerlitz. In 1804, he had founded the Austrian Empire and became Francis I, the first Emperor of Austria, ruling from 1804 to 1835, so later he was named the one and only Doppelkaiser (double emperor) in history. He was also Apostolic King of Hungary and Bohemia as Francis I.

Depicts Imperial coat of arms (crowned double-headed eagle holding scepter and sword), value at centre (on breast), with Golden Fleece around, divided date.

The Holy Roman Empire likewise saw itself as the successor to the ancient Imperium and took the eagle as its heraldic beast – albeit in the one-headed version. The black eagle on a gold shield became the symbol of the title of king as well as of the empire. In the late Middle Ages the double-headed eagle appeared in the empire as well. It was introduced as the mark distinguishing the royal from the imperial title: the king, who was voted in by the electors, attained the title of emperor solely by being blessed and crowned by the pope in Rome. Only then did he have the right of taking the double eagle as symbol of the universal claim to power over Latin Christendom. This concept was elaborated by the custom of placing a halo or nimbus around the two heads, seen as a symbol of the sacred elevation of imperial majesty.