1 Riyal - Hussein 1 Thaler; type 4

Features

Pretended issuer	Kingdom of Hejaz (Saudi Arabia)
Type	Fantasy coins
Year	1780 (1916)
Currency	Riyal (1916-1925)
Composition	Silver (.833)
Weight	28.0668 g
Diameter	41 mm
Thickness	2.5 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 103693
References	X# 13 Krause Publications (publisher). Unusual World Coins. Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States (5 volumes).

Obverse

Al Hejaz countermark type 4.
Right facing portrait of Empress Maria Theresia of habsburg surrounded by the legend "Maria Theresia, Dei Gratia, Romanorum Imperatrix, Hungariae Bohemiaeque Regina".

Script: Latin

Lettering:
الحجاز
M·THERESIA·D·G· R·IMP·HU·BO·REG·
S·F·

Translation:
Hejaz
Maria-Theresia, by the Grace of God, Roman Empress, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia

Reverse

Imperial double-headed eagle with the arms of Austria at the centre, surrounded by four quarters representing Hungary, Bohemia, Burgundy and Burgau (Günzburg). Legend around "Archidux Austriae, Dux Burgundiae, Comes Tyrolis".

Lettering: ARCHID·AVST·DUX· BURG·CO·TYR·1780·X

Translation: Archduchess of Austria, duchess of Burgundy, comtess of Tyrol

Edge

Inscripted

Script: Latin

Lettering: IUSTITIA ET CLEMENTIA

Comments

Unofficial issue; several countermark types exist

Countermark: "Hejaz"
Countermarked on: Austria Maria Theresa 1 Thaler KM#T1 Restrike

According to Krause: "These spurious or questionable countermarks found on Maria Theresa restrike Thalers appeared in the numismatic market in the early 1970s. Many of these are much larger than the official countermark. There doesn't appear to be any signs of heavy circulation wear on the reverse, merely flattened designs from the heavy countermarking."

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
1780 (1916) X

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Actual silver weight: 0.752 oz

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