This piece was struck the year Maria Theresa convened the Transylvanian Diet at Sibiu, a session she used to push through sweeping administrative reforms that effectively curtailed the traditional privileges of the Transylvanian nobility. The five-ducat denomination was not a circulation coin — it was a presentation strike, produced in limited quantities for diplomatic gifts and court favor.
Resch's attribution places this among the rarest multiples of the Transylvanian series.
This piece was struck the year Maria Theresa convened the Transylvanian Diet at Sibiu, a session she used to push through sweeping administrative reforms that effectively curtailed the traditional privileges of the Transylvanian nobility. The five-ducat denomination was not a circulation coin — it was a presentation strike, produced in limited quantities for diplomatic gifts and court favor.
Resch's attribution places this among the rarest multiples of the Transylvanian series.