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1/2 Thaler - Maria Theresia Vienna
| Issuer | Imperial Austrian Mint (Vienna) |
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| Year | 1746-1753 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing draped bust of Empress Maria Theresia, wearing an elaborate lace-trimmed bodice with jewelled brooch at the décolletage, her hair dressed in loose curls adorned with a pearl drop earring. The effigy is rendered in high relief in the Baroque court portrait style, with fine detail in the hair and garment. The circumferential legend in Latin reads M THERESIA D G R IMP GE HU BO REG, identifying the empress as Queen of Germany, Hungary, and Bohemia by the grace of God. The field surrounding the portrait is smooth and unadorned, and the coin is framed by a reeded border. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Maria Theresia inherited the Habsburg throne in 1740 under immediate challenge — the War of the Austrian Succession erupted within months, with Prussia, France, Bavaria, and Saxony all pressing competing claims. The Vienna mint's output during this period was under constant pressure to fund military campaigns, and the half thaler denominations were workhorses of that financing. The 1741 capitulation of Prague to Bavarian and French forces briefly threatened the mint's broader supply chains.
Her.613–618 spans six die varieties across the issue's eight-year run, reflecting incremental portrait updates as Theresia aged through her thirties. The later dies show a noticeably more mature effigy.