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1 Thaler
| Issuer | Free Imperial City of Augsburg |
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| Year | 1743 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Laureate and armored bust of Holy Roman Emperor Charles VII facing right, portrayed with flowing long wig of curled locks rendered in fine detail. The emperor is depicted in elaborate armor with decorative collar and gorget visible at the truncation. A mint master's mark appears at the lower left of the bust truncation. The encircling legend CAROLUS VII • D • - G • ROM • IMP • S • A • * runs along the periphery in raised Latin lettering, identifying the emperor by name and his imperial and royal titles. |
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| Edge | Ornamented |
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Augsburg struck this thaler in 1743 during the War of the Austrian Succession, a conflict that cut directly through the city's economic interests — Augsburg's merchant banking houses, including the Fugger successors and the Welser networks' remnants, had deep stakes in Habsburg solvency. As a Free Imperial City, Augsburg retained the right to mint its own coinage under Imperial charter, a privilege it exercised with considerable civic pride even as the broader Empire fractured over Maria Theresa's succession.
The Dav GT II reference places this squarely within the German Taler series, and Davenport's attribution aligns with the Forst/Schmid cataloguing of Augsburg civic issues — cross-referencing the three is necessary since die varieties within this year are documented.