½ Thaler Siege coinage
Features
| Issuer |
City under siege of Braunau
(German States)  |
|---|---|
| Type | Emergency coinage › Siege coins |
| Conflict | War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748) |
| Year | 1743 |
| Value | ½ Thaler |
| Currency | Thaler |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 13.33 g |
| Size | 30 × 30 mm |
| Shape | Square with angled corners |
| Technique | Klippe |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 534997 |
| References | KM# 9 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). Hans-Jörg Kellner; 1968. Die Münzen der niederbayerischen Münzstätten / Volume 2: Die herzoglich-bayerischen Münzstätten Landshut, Straubing und Braunau, das Hochstift Passau, die Grafen von Sinzendorf und von Sprinzenstein, die österreichische Münzstätte Neuburg am Inn = The Coins of the Lower Bavarian Mints. Hugo Geiger, Grünwald, Bavaria, Germany. Ludwig Herinek; 1970. Österreichische Münzprägungen / von 1740-1969 = Austrian Coinage. Münzhandlg Herinek, Vienna, Austria. |
Obverse
Crowned oval Saxon arms between two palm branches.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
F.BRAVHNAV.Z.ANOBIS.S.
L.AVXILIUM
9
MAY
IM VF
Reverse
Blank (uniface).
Mint
Braunau am Inn, AustriaComments
Minted during the siege by Austrian troops. Made from silver collected from household silverware, as no more silverware was found siege coins had been minted in lead and zinc.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1743 | |||||||||||||||
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