Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1 Thaler - Charles VI Prague
| Issuer | Kingdom of Bohemia |
|---|---|
| Year | 1718 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Large laureate and armored effigy of Emperor Charles VI facing right, the imperial mantle draped over the armor, with the chain and badge of the Order of the Golden Fleece suspended at the neck. The portrait is rendered in high relief in the baroque style typical of Habsburg coinage of the early eighteenth century. The encircling Latin legend commences at twelve o'clock and reads CAROL VI D G RO IMP S A GER HIS HU BO REX, identifying the emperor as Charles VI, by the grace of God Holy Roman Emperor, King of Germany, Spain, Hungary, and Bohemia. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Crowned double-headed imperial eagle displayed in the field, each head bearing an individual crown and the whole surmounted by a large imperial crown. Upon the eagle's breast is a complex quartered shield bearing the arms of Castile, Hungary, Austria, and Burgundy, with an inescutcheon at center displaying the crowned lion of Bohemia. The shield is encircled by the linked chain of the Order of the Golden Fleece. The peripheral Latin legend reads ARCHID AUST DUX BURG ET SILE MAR MOR, citing Charles VI's titles as Archduke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy and Silesia, and Margrave of Moravia, with the date 1718 concluding the legend. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information | Log in to see details |