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1/2 Thaler - Charles VI Kuttenberg
| Issuer | Kingdom of Bohemia |
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| Year | 1719 |
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| Currency | Thaler (1520-1754) |
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| Obverse description | Laureate and armoured bust of Emperor Charles VI facing right, occupying the upper and lower portions of the field such that the crown of the head and the base of the bust both intersect the surrounding legend. No inner circle is present. The legend commences at the one o'clock position and reads in Latin abbreviation, identifying the emperor by his titles as Holy Roman Emperor, King of Germany, Hungary, and Bohemia. |
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| Reverse description | Crowned double-headed imperial eagle displayed, wings spread, with a sceptre and sword clutched in the talons. At center, a crowned composite heraldic shield bearing the quartered arms of Castile, Hungary, Austria, and ancient Burgundy, with the arms of Bohemia superimposed at the heart. The mint mark of Kuttenberg — crossed hammers without letters — appears below the eagle, dividing the encircling Latin legend. No inner circle. The date appears at the conclusion of the legend. |
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Charles VI never fully consolidated Bohemian loyalty after the War of Spanish Succession, and his domestic coinage program — including this Kuttenberg issue — was partly a deliberate assertion of imperial authority over a kingdom that had backed rival claimants within living memory. The Kuttenberg mint, operating from the historic silver-mining town of Kutná Hora, was one of the few Bohemian facilities still striking thalers of this size by the second decade of the eighteenth century.
Herinek 508 is a recognized variety, and genuine examples frequently show uneven luster across the fields due to the aging equipment at Kuttenberg by this period.