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1/2 Thaler - Charles III
| Issuer | Hungary |
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| Year | 1712-1718 |
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| Currency | Thaler (1526-1754) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Crowned double-headed imperial eagle displayed within an inner circle, with the KB mint mark divided by the eagle's tail feathers; no orb appears between the two crowned heads. Upon the eagle's breast is a crowned, fourfold imperial coat of arms in a straight-sided, flat-topped U-shaped cartouche, with a crowned twofold Hungarian shield placed at the center. The encircling Latin legend runs without a pearl border, with the date followed by the KB mint mark at the end of the inscription. |
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Charles III of Habsburg — known as Charles VI as Holy Roman Emperor — came to the Hungarian throne in 1712 following the protracted War of the Spanish Succession, in which he had pressed his own claim to the Spanish crown against Philip V. He never obtained Spain, but the Hungarian coronation at least secured the Danubian inheritance. The half thaler series struck across this window was produced at the Kremnitz mint, the dominant silver facility in Royal Hungary and one of the oldest continuously operating mints in Europe, drawing on ore from the exceptionally rich Slovak mining towns.
The H#1609 and H#1610 references indicate catalogued die variants within the type — a routine but useful distinction for dating purposes within the seven-year span.