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1/2 Thaler - Maria Theresia Vienna
| Issuer | Austrian Empire |
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| Year | 1772 |
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| Weight | 14 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1772 ICSK |
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By 1772, Maria Theresia had already ceded direct governance to her son Joseph II as co-regent, creating a peculiar constitutional arrangement in which coins continued to bear her name and titles despite the effective shift in executive authority. The Vienna mint was under pressure during this period to maintain silver output for a currency system still absorbing the financial shocks of the Seven Years' War, which had ended less than a decade earlier and left Habsburg state finances severely strained.
Her#636 distinguishes this piece within a complex web of half-thaler varieties differentiated primarily by die details and mint mark positioning — Herinek's catalog remains the essential reference for separating genuine Vienna strikes from those of the peripheral Habsburg mints.