Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1/2 Thaler - Ferdinand III Joachimsthal
| Issuer | Kingdom of Bohemia |
|---|---|
| Year | 1639-1656 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Thaler (1520-1754) |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Draped and armored laureate bust of Emperor Ferdinand III facing right, wearing a laurel wreath and elaborately decorated armor with intricate relief work. The portrait is rendered in high relief in the characteristic baroque style of the period. The legend encircles the effigy along the rim, reading from the left. A mintmaster's mark or initial appears in the lower right field. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | 1639 (al) - - 1643 (al) - - 1656 - - |
| Additional information |
Ferdinand III inherited the Bohemian crown in the shadow of the Thirty Years' War, and Joachimsthal — the mint town that gave the world the word "dollar," via "Joachimsthaler" — remained active through the conflict despite repeated regional disruptions. The Peace of Westphalia in 1648 ended the war midway through this type's production run, meaning coins from the earlier dates circulated in a devastated economy while later dates entered a slowly recovering one.
KM#437 spans nearly two decades of output from a single mint, and date collectors working this series encounter genuine gaps — not all years within the bracket were struck.