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½ Ducat - Leopold I Breslau

Features

Issuer Royal Mint of Silesia
King Leopold I (1657-1705)
Type Standard circulation coins
Year 1684
Value ½ Ducat (1)
Currency Thaler
Composition Gold
Weight 1.71 g
Diameter 17 mm
Shape Round
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
557006
References Herinek 1740-1969# 442
Ludwig Herinek; 1970. Österreichische Münzprägungen / von 1740-1969 = Austrian Coinage. Münzhandlg Herinek, Vienna, Austria.
, FuS# 538
Friedrich Friedensburg, Hans Seger; 1901. Schlesiens Münzen und Medaillen der neueren Zeit = Silesian Coins and Medals of Modern Times. Vereins für das Museum Schlesischer Altertümer, Wrocław, Poland.

Obverse

Portrait right within an inner circle divided above, legend around (start 1h).

Script: Latin

Lettering: LEOPOLDVS D G R I S A G H B R

Unabridged legend: Leopoldus Dei Gratia Romanorum Imperator Semper Augustus Germaniae Hungariae Bohemiae Rex

Translation: Leopold, by the Grace of God, Emperor of the Romans, forever August, King of Germany, Hungary and Bohemia...

Reverse

Crowned double headed imperial eagle with oval shield on breast with coat of arms of Austria and Burgundy, within a beaded inner circle. Legend around with date at the end, divided by the crown. The mint mark divides the legend below.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ARCHID A D BVR E SI 1684
SHS

Unabridged legend: Archidux Austriae Dux Burgundiae Et Silesiae

Translation: ... Archduke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy and Silesia.

Edge

Plain

Mint

Wrocław, Poland (1100-1878)

Mark

SHS Solomon Hammerschmidt, Mint Warden, Wrocław (1664-1691)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC References
1684  SHS FuS# 538
Friedrich Friedensburg, Hans Seger; 1901. Schlesiens Münzen und Medaillen der neueren Zeit = Silesian Coins and Medals of Modern Times. Vereins für das Museum Schlesischer Altertümer, Wrocław, Poland.

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