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1/2 Thaler - Charles VI Kuttenberg
| Issuer | Kingdom of Bohemia |
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| Year | 1719-1726 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Reverse description | Crowned double-headed imperial eagle displayed, with wings spread, bearing at its breast a crowned composite shield quartered with the arms of Castile, Hungary, Austria, and ancient Burgundy, with the arms of Bohemia superimposed at center. The eagle's dexter talon grasps a sceptre and the sinister talon a sword. The Kuttenberg mint mark — crossed mining hammers with the letters I F W — appears below the eagle, bisecting the encircling legend, with the date placed at the conclusion of the legend. No inner circle is present. |
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| Edge | Milled |
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Charles VI spent much of his reign consumed by the Pragmatic Sanction — the legal instrument he hoped would secure Habsburg succession for his daughter Maria Theresa. Securing endorsement from Bohemian estates was a political priority, and the Kuttenberg mint, drawing on the silver of the Bohemian ore mountains, remained an active instrument of imperial legitimacy throughout this period.
Kuttenberg's mining output had been declining since the seventeenth century, and the mint's reduced throughput shows in the relative scarcity of this half thaler compared to Vienna issues of the same reign.