1 Thaler - Leopold V
Features
| Issuer |
Landgraviate of Upper Alsace
(Austrian States)  |
|---|---|
| Landgrave |
Leopold V (1620-1633)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Year | 1620 |
| Value | 1 Thaler |
| Currency | Thaler (1425-1634) |
| Composition | Silver (.875) |
| Weight | 28.5 g |
| Diameter | 40 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 576281 |
| References | KM# 256.5 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). Heinz Moser, Heinz Tursky. Die Münzstätte Hall in Tirol. Verlag Dr. Rudolf Erhard, Rum, Austria (2 volumes).Klemetsch Helmut; 2009. Die vorderösterreichische Münzstätte Ensisheim 1584-1632. Self-published, Vienna, Austria. , Dav EC II# 3344 John Stewart Davenport; 1974. European Crowns 1600-1700. Self-published, Galesburg, Illinois, United States. Wolfgang Reinhard Otto Hahn; 1971. Typenkatalog der Münzen der bayerischen Herzöge und Kurfürsten 1506-1805 = Type Catalogue of the Coins of the Bavarian Dukes and Electors 1506-1805. Klinkhardt & Biermann, Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany. |
Obverse
Portrait bare headed to the right divides the date, legend around a beaded inner circle.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
LEOPOLD:D:G:ET·ARCHIDVCES·AVST:DVC:BVR +
16Z0
Unabridged legend: Leopoldus Dei Gratia Archidux Austriae Dux Burgundiae
Translation: Leopold, by the grace of God, Archduke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy...
Reverse
Crowned manifold arms with central shield of Upper Alsace, Order of Golden Fleece around, two small shields of Strasbourg at left and of Passau at right divide legend, below, shields of Mürbach and Lüders.
Script: Latin
Lettering: STIRIÆ·CARINT· CARN:LAND:ALS
Unabridged legend: Styriae Carinthiae Carniolaeque Langravius Alsatiae
Translation: ... of Styria, Carinthia and Carniola, Landgrave of Alsace.
Mint
Ensisheim, France (1583)Comments
Leopold, before getting married, was bishop of Strasbourg and Passau, administrator of the Abbeys of Mürbach and Lüders.
Klemetsch mentions 55 variants of punctuation, legend, and combinations obverse-reverse for the 1620 coin.
KM#256.1 date in front of bust, Klem#11 to 15
Photos Heidelberger Münzhandlung Herbert Grün e.K.
- KM#256.2 Date under bust, obverse legend LEOPOL NEC NON ARCHID ... Klem#16-20
KLEM#16, Photos H.D. Rauch
KM#256.3 Date under bust, obverse legend with LEOPOLDVS Klem#21-25:
Photo Wag Online auctions
- KM#256.4 Date under bust, obverse legend with LEOPOLD ... Klem#26-50.
KLEM#26, Photos Leu Numismatik
KM#256.5 Date divided by bust, LEOPOL, divide AR // CHIDVCES by front of bust, Klem#51-65:
KLEM#64 - Photo Lanz Numismatik
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | References | ||||||||
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| 1620 | 
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KM# 256.5Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
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Numista Rarity index: 94
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Bullion value: USD 58.77
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Actual silver weight: 0.802 oz
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