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1 Thaler - Charles VI Graz
| Issuer | Austrian Empire |
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| Year | 1713-1718 |
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| Weight | 28.4 g |
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| Reverse description | Crowned double-headed imperial eagle displayed in the field, with a small escutcheon of Styria — a silver field charged with a green pantherlike beast — superimposed at the centre of the eagle's breast. The continuous Latin legend encircles the eagle and concludes below, incorporating the date of issue. The composition reflects the dynastic and territorial claims of the Habsburg ruler as Archduke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy, and Duke of Styria. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Charles VI spent much of this period fighting the War of the Spanish Succession, having claimed the Spanish throne against Philip V of Anjou. The Graz mint — operating under Styrian authority — struck thalers throughout these years as military expenditure demanded hard currency in quantity. The 1713 Peace of Utrecht stripped Charles of his Spanish ambitions but left him Holy Roman Emperor, and coinage from the immediately following years reflects an administration recalibrating its financial apparatus across multiple minting centers simultaneously.
Davenport's EC III attribution places this firmly within the broader central European thaler tradition of the period, where Graz issues are distinguishable from Vienna and Hall strikes primarily by mintmaster marks.