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Issuing authority

Archduchy of Austria

Kind
duchy
Region
Western Europe, Europe

Objects are filed under the historical authority that actually issued or made them. A recorded period comes from the issuer's own reference description and is left blank where no source states it.

Published entries

5

Individual types and documented families

With photographs

100%

5 with a credited real-object photo

Dated span

1490 – 1794

5 entries with their own date

Verified or well documented

1

Highest two confidence levels

Sorted by date, earliest first.

Archduchy of Austria, half Schauguldiner (half taler), Emperor Maximilian I

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Archduchy of Austria, half Schauguldiner (half taler), Emperor Maximilian I

1490 - 1519

Silver coin. Obverse: standing armoured Archduke as Emperor facing right with crown, holding a sceptre in his right hand and a sword in his left hand. Reverse: crowned coat of arms of Austria collared by the chain of the Golden Fleece with sheepskin, surrounded by two crowned and two uncrowned coats of arms, between…

Documented

Partial type record

Archduchy of Austria, taler, Emperor Maximilian I (1486-1519)

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Archduchy of Austria, taler, Emperor Maximilian I (1486-1519)

1490 - 1519

Silver coin. Obverse: standing armoured Archduke as Emperor facing right with crown, holding a sceptre in his right hand and a sword in his left hand. Reverse: crowned coat of arms of Austria, surrounded by two crowned and two uncrowned coats of arms. Firesteel at the bottom. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this o…

Documented

Partial type record

Archduchy of Austria, ducat, Emperor Charles VI, 1723

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Archduchy of Austria, ducat, Emperor Charles VI, 1723

1723

Gold coin on the occasion of the coronation of Charles VI as King of Bohemia. Obverse: crown, below which an inscription in six lines. Date below. Reverse: terrestrial globe showing the Mediterranean Sea and surrounding lands. Cable edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-1286C; its record gi…

Documented

Partial type record

Maria Theresa Thaler

CNG via Wikimedia Commons

modern coins

Maria Theresa Thaler

1741 onwards; restruck with the 1780 date

The Maria Theresa thaler is a large silver bullion and trade coin of the Habsburg monarchy, first produced in 1741. Named after Maria Theresa, who ruled Austria, Hungary, Croatia, and Bohemia from 1740 to 1780 and is portrayed upon it, the piece was established as a standard Conventionsthaler following monetary refo…

Well documented

Partial type record

Ducat from Austria of Emperor Franz II, 1794

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Ducat from Austria of Emperor Franz II, 1794

1794

Gold coin. Obverse: laureate head of the ruler facing right. Below it, the letter B [=Kremnitz]. Reverse: crowned double-headed eagle, with on its breast a crowned coat of arms draped with an order of chivalry with jewel, and with sword and sceptre in its talons. Year at the end of the legend. Cable edge. The Rijksm…

Documented

Partial type record

Dated entries by century

  • 15th century2
  • 18th century3

Only the 5 entries carrying their own date to within about 150 years are counted, by the earliest year given. These are catalogue holdings, not production totals.

Materials recorded in the physical descriptions

  • Silver3
  • Gold2

An entry made of several materials is counted once under each. Materials are counted only where the description states them.

Confidence of the published entries

  • Well documented1
  • Documented4

Confidence reflects how well the sources support each entry's identification, not the object's quality or importance.

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