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1 Thaler - Charles VI Hall
| Issuer | Habsburg Monarchy |
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| Year | 1730-1738 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | Crowned imperial double-headed eagle displayed in the center of the field, each head surmounted by a separate crown beneath an overarching imperial crown, with scepter and orb held in the talons. Upon the eagle's breast is a large quartered heraldic shield bearing the composite arms of the Habsburg dominions. The date appears in the legend to the left of the shield, and the mint mark is visible at the base. The encircling Latin legend reads ARCHID • AUST • DUX BU • COM • TYROL •, denoting Charles VI's titles as Archduke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy, and Count of Tyrol. |
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| Edge | Ornamented |
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Charles VI spent much of his reign securing acceptance of the Pragmatic Sanction — the succession instrument that would eventually allow his daughter Maria Theresa to inherit the Habsburg lands. The political maneuvering consumed enormous diplomatic and financial resources throughout the 1730s, with the War of the Polish Succession adding further strain between 1733 and 1735. Hall in Tyrol, one of the oldest and most productive silver minting centers in the Habsburg system, continued striking thalers through this turbulence largely on the strength of Tyrolean mining output.
Charles died in October 1740, and the Hall mint's thaler production effectively ended with his reign. Within two years the succession crisis his Pragmatic Sanction was meant to prevent had arrived anyway.