Description
The fateful year 1918 marked the end of the First World War and the fall of three of the oldest and most influential royal houses in Europe: the Habsburgs, the Hohenzollerns, and the Romanovs. This set features silver coins from Austria, Germany, and Russia that comprise the last issues of three families that between them accounted for some 23 centuries of dynastic rule:
Habsburg: Austria corona, Franz Joseph I
Hohenzollern: Germany ½ Mark, Wilhelm II
Romanov: Russia, 20 kopeks, Nicholas II