Bearing the portrait of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria, the first Taler was struck in 1741. Originally issued in 1780, the year of her death, the present coin shows the Empress in her later years on its obverse.
Obverse lettering
R·IMP·HU·BO·REG· M·THERESIA·D·G·
S·F·
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
The reverse shows the imperial crown flanked by a pair of eagle heads above a shield covered in different coats of arms.
