Batzen "Leopolder" - Maximilian I St Veit

Batzen "Leopolder" - Maximilian I (St Veit) - obverseBatzen "Leopolder" - Maximilian I (St Veit) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Austrian Empire
Emperor Maximilian I (1486-1519)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1517-1518
Value 1 Batzen = 4 Kreuzer (1⁄15)
Currency Thaler (1520-1754)
Composition Silver
Weight 3.37 g
Diameter 25 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
143066

Obverse

3 shields in a trilobe and a beaded circle, above Carinthia (Kärnten), below Styria and Carniola. A crown above divides the legend.

Script: Latin

Lettering: MONETA NOVA CARINTHI

Reverse

St Leopold standing in armour holding a flag and a church on his hand, 2 shields below (Lower Austria and Austria) divide the legend, inner circle. Date at end of legend.

Script: Latin

Lettering: S LEOPOLD // VS date

Mint

Sankt Veit, modern-day Sankt Veit an der Glan, Austria

Comments

Exists with CARINTHIE in the legend (G. Probszt "Österreichisch Münz- und Geldgeschichte" vol. 2 p. 379).

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1517 
1518 

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