½ Thaler - Ferdinand III Breslau

Features

Issuer	Royal Mint of Silesia
King	Ferdinand III (1627-1657)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	1639-1651
Value	½ Thaler
Currency	Thaler
Composition	Silver
Weight	14.2 g
Diameter	37 mm
Shape	Round
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 557255
References	FuS# 281, 323, etc. 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. , Herinek 1592-1657# 558 Ludwig Herinek; 1970. Österreichische Münzprägungen / von 1592-1657. Münzhandlg Herinek, Vienna, Austria.

Obverse

Crowned bust right wearing richly decorated mantle, within an inner circle, legend around.

Script: Latin

Lettering: FERDINANDVS III D G RO IM SEM AVGVS GER H B REX D 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. Mint mark at bottom in legend.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ARCHIDVX AVS DVX BVRGVN M M C T 1639
M I

Unabridged legend: Archidux Austriae Dux Burgundiae Marchio Moraviae Comes Tyrolis

Translation: ... Archduke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy, Marquis of Moravia, Count of Tyrol.

Edge

Plain

Mint

Wrocław, Poland (1100-1878)

Marks

MI	Michael Jan, Mint Master, Wrocław (1637-1648)
MI	Michal Jan, Mint Warden, Wrocław (1643-?)
GH	Georg Andreas Hübner, Mint Master, Wrocław (1645-1665), Brieg (1656-?)

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Date		References
Undetermined
1639	MI	FuS# 281 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.
1641	MI
1645	MI
1646	MI	FuS# 323 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.
1651	GH	FuS# 360 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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