Catalog
1 Thaler - Wilhelm
| Issuer | Auersperg, Counts of |
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| Year | 1805 |
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| Currency | Conventionsthaler |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Elaborately engraved quartered coat of arms of the Auersperg family, displayed on a large shield surrounded by an ornate laurel and chain mantling, all surmounted by a princely crown with cross finial and flowing ermine-lined mantle draped to either side. The escutcheon features multiple heraldic quarters incorporating eagles, lions, and other charges rendered in fine detail. The date 1805 appears in the upper portion of the surrounding legend, with the full Latin titular inscription COM IN THENGEN ET SVP HAER PROV CARN MARESCH distributed around the periphery of the field. |
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The Auersperg family held the right to strike coins — a privilege known as Münzrecht — as part of their status as imperial counts within the Holy Roman Empire, though by 1805 that institution itself had less than a year left before Napoleon forced its formal dissolution. This piece was struck just months before Francis II abdicated the imperial title, effectively ending a political structure the Auerspergs had operated within for centuries.
Davenport records only a handful of distinct varieties for this type, and surviving examples in any grade are infrequently encountered at auction.