1 Thaler

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.