Monarch-class coastal defense ship of . Each ship was manned by 26 officers and 397 crewmen, a total of 423 personnel per ship. Upon being commissioned into the Austro-Hungarian Navy, the three ships of the "Monarch" class were used for a variety of purposes. All three ships of the "Monarch" class partook in a cruise around the Adriatic and Aegean in 1899, to display the Austro-Hungarian flag in foreign waters. The "Monarch" class formed the I Battleship Division of the Austro-Hungarian Navy. The battleship "Wien" participated in the Diamond Jubilee of the crowning of Queen Victoria in 1897, as well as the international blockade
California Diamond Jubilee half dollar California Diamond Jubilee half dollar The California Diamond Jubilee half dollar was a United States commemorative silver fifty-cent piece struck at the San Francisco Mint in 1925. It was issued to celebrate the 75th anniversary of California statehood. The San Francisco Citizens' Committee wished to issue a commemorative coin as a fundraiser for a celebration of the statehood diamond jubilee. A California congressman attached authorization for it to another coinage bill, which was approved by Congress in early 1925. Designs by sculptor Jo Mora met a hostile reception at the Commission of Fine Arts, but the Citizens' Committee would not