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1 Thaler - Joseph I Hall
| Issuer | Austrian Empire |
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| Year | 1711 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Laureate and draped bust of Emperor Joseph I facing right, rendered in high relief with elaborately curled periwig. The bust interrupts the surrounding legend, which is divided once by the effigy. The portrait is executed in a vigorous Baroque style with fine drapery detail visible at the shoulder. No inner circle is present, allowing the bust to extend close to the coin's rim. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Joseph I died unexpectedly in April 1711 from smallpox at age 32, ending a reign of just six years and throwing the War of the Spanish Succession into sudden diplomatic crisis — his brother Charles, the Habsburg claimant to Spain, immediately inherited Austria instead, making a Habsburg Spain unacceptable to England and the Dutch. Coins struck in his name that year were almost certainly produced before news of his death reached the mint, making 1711-dated issues posthumous in all practical terms.
The Her#132 reference places this within Herinek's Austrian taler classification, a series notorious for overlapping die marriages and subtle regional mint distinctions that remain contested among specialists.