3 Kreuzers - Maria Theresia Siege of Prague

Features

Issuer	City of Prague (Kingdom of Bohemia)
Queen	Maria Theresa (1740-1780)
Type	Emergency coinage › Siege coins
Conflict	Seven Years' War (1756-1763)
Year	1757
Composition	Tin
Weight	2.45 g
Diameter	21.5 mm
Shape	Round
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 552624

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Obverse

Portrait facing right, legend around (starts 8h).

Script: Latin

Lettering: M THERESIA D G R I GER HU BO REG

Unabridged legend: Maria Theresia Dei Gratia Romanorum Imperatrix Germaniae Hungariae Bohemiae Regina

Translation: Maria Theresa, by the grace of God, Empress of the Romans, Queen of Germany, Hungary and Bohemia...

Reverse

Crowned double headed imperial eagle with crowned arms of Bohemia on chest, value below in tail feathers that divide the legend.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ARCH AUST DUX BU SI M MO 1754X
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Unabridged legend: Archiducisa Austriae Ducisa Burgundiae Silesiae Marchionisa Moraviae

Translation: ... Archduchess of Austria, Duchess of Burgundy and Silesia, Marquise of Moravia.

Edge

Plain

Mint

Prague, Czech Republic

Comments

Minted during the short siege of Prague by Frederick the Great of Prussia in May-June 1757 during the Seven Year war.

Our main picture shows 1754 date, presumably as old dies were used to mint these siege coins.
KM lists these siege coins in a section at the end of the Bohemia listing. Schön lists the coins in a separate Prague section.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
1757												1754 on coin, see comment

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