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¼ Thaler - Leopold I Brieg

Features

Issuer Royal Mint of Silesia
King Leopold I (1657-1705)
Type Standard circulation coins
Year 1695
Value ¼ Thaler
Currency Thaler
Composition Silver
Weight 7.32 g
Diameter 33 mm
Shape Round
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
557397

Obverse

Laureate armored bust right within a rhombus which breaks a beaded inner circle and the legend around. Fractional denomination at bottom.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
LEOPOLD' D G R I S A GER HU E BOH REX
¼

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, crowned shield on breast with coat of arms, within a rhombus which breaks an inner circle and the legend around. Small date divided by the crown up top, mint signature in a frame at bottom.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ARCHIDVX AVST DVX BVRGVND E SILES 1695
C · B

Unabridged legend: Archidux Austriae Dux Burgundiae Et Silesiae

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

Edge

Plain

Mint

Brieg, modern-day Brzeg, Poland

Mark

CB Christoph Brettschneider, Mint Warden, Brieg (1668-1714)

Comments

KM# is attributed to German States.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
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