1 Thaler - Ferdinand I St Veit

Features

Issuer Austrian Empire
Emperor Ferdinand I (1519-1564)
Type Non-circulating coin
Year 1522
Value 1 Thaler
Currency Thaler (1520-1754)
Composition Silver
Weight 26.9 g
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
96541
References Markl# 1494-1496,
Moriz Markl; 1896. Die münzen, medaillen und Prägungen mit Namen und Titel Ferdinand I. / Band 1. Text. Verlag der Verfasser Prag Haase, Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia.
And 1 more volumes.
Schult# 4005
Wolfgang Schulten; 1974. Deutsche Münzen aus der Zeit Karl V : Typenkatalog der Gepräge zwischen dem Beginn der Talerprägung (1484) und der dritten Reichsmünzordnung (1559). Nümismatischer Verlag Schulten, Frankfurt, Germany.

Obverse

The archduke in armour riding a horse to the right, holding a flag with Austrian eagle, date below, in a beaded inner circle. Legend (start 12h) pour "F. Dei Gratia Princeps Hispaniarum".

Script: Latin

Lettering:
FERDINANDVS DEI GRACIA PRINCEPS HISPANIARV
VERTI NA

Reverse

Crowned composite arms surrounded by the chain of the Golden Fleece, around, a circle of shields, above Austrian, then clockwise Carinthia, Tyrol, Krain, Upper Alsace, Ancient Burgundy, Würtemberg, Upper Austria, Bohemia and Styria.

Script: Latin

Lettering: ARCHIDVX AVSTRIE DVX BVRGVNDIE ET CARINT

Mint

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

Comments

Note: 1519-1534, the Duchy of Würtemberg was sold by the Swabian League (Schwäbischer Bund) to Charles V after expelling Duke Ulrich, recovered by the Duke from Ferdinand I in 1534.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1522 

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