½ Thaler - Ferdinand III Breslau
Features
| Issuer |
Royal Mint of Silesia
 |
|---|---|
| King |
Ferdinand III (1627-1657)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Year | 1653 |
| Value | ½ Thaler |
| Currency | Thaler |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 14.1 g |
| Diameter | 37.2 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 557246 |
| References | FuS# 368 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
Crowned armored and draped bust right within an inner circle, legend around.
Script: Latin
Lettering: FERDINANDVS III D G R I S A G HVN BO REX DVX SI
Unabridged legend: Ferdinandus III Dei Gratia Romanorum Imperator Semper Augustus Germaniae Hungariae Bohemiae Rex Dux Silesiae
Translation: Ferdinand III, by the grace of God, Emperor of the Romans, forever August, King of Germany, Hungary and Bohemia, Duke of Silesia...
Reverse
Crowned double headed imperial eagle, crowned shield on breast with coat of arms, surrounded by the chain of the Order of the Golden Fleece. Legend around an inner circle with date at the end. Eagle's talons divide mint letters.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
ARCHIDVX AVST DVX BVR M MO CO T Y 1653
G H
Unabridged legend: Archidux Austriae Dux Burgundiae Marchio Moraviae Comes Tyrolis
Translation: ... Archduke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy, Marquis of Moravia, Count of Tyrol.
Mint
Wrocław, Poland (1100-1878)Mark
| GH | Georg Andreas Hübner, Mint Master, Wrocław (1645-1665), Brieg (1656-?) |
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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