1 Thaler - Ferdinand III St. Veit

Features

Issuer Austrian Empire
Emperor Ferdinand III (1637-1657)
Type Standard circulation coin
Year 1629
Value 1 Thaler
Currency Thaler (1520-1754)
Composition Silver
Shape Round
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
105926
References KM# 14.3,
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.
Dav ECT# 3361
John Stewart Davenport; 1964. European Crowns and Talers Since 1800 (2nd edition in one volume of "European Crowns since 1800" and "German talers since 1800"). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.

Obverse

Armored bust of Ferdinand III wearing narrow ruffled collar right

Script: Latin

Lettering: FERDINAND : III // D : G : H : B : REX

Reverse

Crowned ornate flat-topped arms in Order chain

Script: Latin

Lettering: ARCHIDVX · AV // STRIÆ · ETC · 1629 ·

Mint

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

Mark

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

Comments

Prev. Austria KM#699.3.
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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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