Austria 100 Schilling Silver Coin 1992 Emperor Karl V
Obverse: Two half-length figures, 3/4 left (Holy Roman Emperors - House of Habsburg: Charles V and Ferdinand I), above inscription, value at bottom
Reverse: 3/4 length figure of Karl V (Charles V) in armor,facing 1/4 left, shield above each shoulder.
Edge Description: Reeded
Composition: Silver
Fineness: 0.9000
Weight: 20.0000g
ASW: 0.5787oz
Diameter: 34mm
The great Habsburg emperor ("do more, achieve more" "beyond" in the sense) with his motto "PLUS ULTRA". Links the Austrian coat of arms - with the Order of the Golden Fleece - right the Spanish coat of arms. The map in his hand symbolizes his empire on which the sun never set.
Charles V (24 February 1500 – 21 September 1558) was ruler of the Holy Roman Empire from 1519 and, as Charles I, of the Spanish Empire from 1516 until his voluntary abdication in favor of his younger brother Ferdinand I as Holy Roman Emperor and his son Philip II as King of Spain in 1556.
Ferdinand I (10 March 1503 – 25 July 1564) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1558, king of Bohemia and Hungary from 1526, and king of Croatia from 1527 until his death. Before his accession, he ruled the Austrian hereditary lands of the Habsburgs in the name of his elder brother, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.
The key events during his reign were the contest with the Ottoman Empire, whose great advance into Central Europe began in the 1520s, and the Protestant Reformation, which resulted in several wars of religion.
Ferdinand's motto was Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus: "Let justice be done, though the world perish".