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1 Thaler - Maria Theresa
| Issuer | Hungary |
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| Year | 1751-1765 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | M . THER . D : G . R . IMP . GE . HU . BO . R . A . A . D . B . C . T . (Translation: MARIA THERESIA DEI GRATIA ROMANORVM IMPERATRIX GERMANIÆ HVNGARIÆ BOHEMIÆ REGINA ARCHIDVX AVSTRIÆ DVX BVRGVNDIÆ COMES TYROLIS Maria Theresia, by the grace of God Empress of the Romans, Queen of Germany, Hungary, Bohemia, Archduke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy, Count of Tirol) |
| Reverse description | The radiant, crowned and glorified Madonna standing on a crescent moon, holding the Christ Child on her left arm, the composition encircled by rays of glory. Beneath the central figure is an ornately crowned and divided Hungarian coat of arms, with the mint marks flanking the shield below. The date appears in the reverse legend, which runs around the upper periphery of the field in Roman capitals. The overall composition reflects the Baroque devotional iconography characteristic of Habsburg coinage of the mid-eighteenth century. |
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Hungary's Maria Theresa thalers of this period were struck at the Kremnitz (Körmöcbánya) mint, one of the most productive silver operations in eighteenth-century Europe, drawing directly on ore from the Carpathian mining towns. The years bracketed here span the aftermath of the War of Austrian Succession, during which Hungarian noble support — secured in part through Maria Theresa's famous appeal to the Diet at Pressburg in 1741 — had saved her throne. Issuing these coins under Hungarian authority rather than Austrian was politically deliberate.
The multiple H-numbers reflect die variants across the Kremnitz output during this run.