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1 Thaler - Maria Theresia Madura star countermark
| Issuer | Sumenep, Sultanate of |
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| Year | 1811-1854 |
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| Value | 1 Thaler |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Double-headed imperial eagle displayed, with wings spread, surmounted by an imperial crown with elaborate scrollwork. The eagle bears on its breast a large composite quartered shield of the Habsburg dominions, with a smaller inescutcheon at centre depicting the arms of Tyrol. The peripheral legend, separated by stops and interspersed with decorative marks, reads ARCHID·AUST·DUX·BU·COM·TYR·, with the date 1752 and the denomination mark X appearing within the legend field. |
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The Maria Theresa Thaler — struck to a frozen 1780 date regardless of actual minting year — circulated as a dominant trade coin across the Indian Ocean world, and the Sultanate of Sumenep on the island of Madura applied its own countermark to validate and claim fiscal authority over coins entering local circulation. The Madura star punch effectively re-monetized an already-trusted coin under local terms, a practice common among smaller polities operating beneath Dutch colonial oversight in the archipelago.
The countermarked type carries KM#199.2 specifically for the star variant. Unmarked MTT specimens are abundant; the Sumenep punch is what makes this piece regionally specific.