¼ Thaler - Ferdinand I
Features
| Issuer |
Hungary
 |
|---|---|
| King |
Ferdinand I (I. Ferdinánd) (1526-1564)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 1553-1556 |
| Value | ¼ Thaler (Tallér) |
| Currency | Thaler (1526-1754) |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 7.2 g |
| Diameter | 31 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 36862 |
| References | ÉH# 726 Emil Unger. Magyar Éremhatározó. Ajtósi Dűrer Könyvkiadó, Budapest, Hungary (3 volumes). Lajos Huszár; 1979. Münzkatalog Ungarn: von 1000 bis heute = Hungary Coin Catalog. Battenberg Verlag, Munich, Bavaria, Germany. |
Obverse
Crowned bust facing right with shouldered scepter in right hand, a short mace in left. Flowered armour.
Script: Latin
Lettering: FERDINAND · D · G · ROM · HVN · BOE · DAL · C · REX ¤
Translation:
Ferdinandus Dei Gratia Romanorum Hungariae Bohemiae Dalmatiae Croatiae Rex -
Ferdinánd, by the grace of God, King of the Romans, Hungary, Bohemia, Dalmatia, Croatia
Engraver: Kristof Füessl
Reverse
In a shield, glorified one-headed eagle with open wings, on chest fourfold coat of arms: Hungarian Árpád stripes, Hungarian double cross, Dalmatian leopard heads, Bohemian lion. In center chest shield Austrian bonds.
Above crowned Madonna with child on right arm, scepter in left hand.
Mintmark on both sides within inner pearl circle
Coat of arms separates the K-B mintmark.
Körmöcbánya (Kremnica) mint.
Variation in inscription: "ARCHIDV·AVSTRI·"
Script: Latin
Lettering:
INF · HISPA · ARCHID · AVSTRIE · DVX · BVR · 1555 ·
K B
Translation:
Infans Hispaniae Archidux Austriae Dux Burgundiae -
Crown Prince of Spain, Archduke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy
Engraver: Kristof Füessl
Edge
Plain
Mint
| KB | Kremnica, Slovakia (1328-date) |
Comments
C3-25
Körmöcbánya mint - Chamber Count, Bernhard Beheim
Körmöcbánya mint - Chamber Count, Bernhard Beheim
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| 1553 K - B | Unicum in Hungarian National Museum | ||||||||||||||
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