12 Ducat - Ferdinand III St. Veit

Features

Issuer Austrian Empire
Emperor Ferdinand III (1637-1657)
Type Standard circulation coin
Year 1629
Value 12 Ducats
Currency Thaler (1520-1754)
Composition Gold (.986)
Weight 42 g
Diameter 46 mm
Shape Round
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
86996
References KM# 38,
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States.
And 5 more volumes.
Fr# 188
Arthur L. Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg, Robert Friedberg; 2017. Gold Coins of the World : From Ancient Times to the Present (9th edition). Coin & Currency Institute, Williston, Vermont, United States.

Obverse

Armored bust right with curly hair, large ruffed collar, with chain of the Order of the Golden Fleece below

Script: Latin

Lettering: ·FERDINAND:III / D:G:H:REX*

Reverse

Crowned four-part arms of Hungary and Bohemia with chain of the Order of the Golden fleece

Script: Latin

Lettering: *ARCHIDVX·AVSTRIÆ·EC·1629*

Mint

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

Mark

HG Hans Georg Perro, Mint Master, Sankt Veit (1631-1635)

Comments

Wrongly attributed to Glatz because of HG (Huser Glatzensis) mintmark. Newest numismatic literature indicates that mint master Hans Georg Perro of St. Veit minted those coins in Carinthia.
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Victor Katz (Huser Glacensis, Berliner Münzblätter 1933, S. 20-25)
Gerhard Eggerth (Wer war HG?, Mitteilungen der Österreichischen Numismatischen Gesellschaft 35, 2, 1995, S. 21-25)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1629  HG

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