Description
1 Thaler – Maria Theresia
Features
Country Austria – Habsburg
Empress Maria Theresia (1740-1780)
Year 1780
Value 1 Thaler (2)
Currency Austro-Hungarian gulden (1754-1857)
Composition Silver (.833)
Weight 28.0668 g
Diameter 42 mm
Thickness 2.5 mm
Obverse
Bust of Empress Maria Theresia of Habsburg facing right, wearing veil, tiara, and pearl brooch.
Lettering:
M · THERESIA · D · G · R · IMP · HU · BO · REG ·
S · F ·
Translation:
Maria Theresia, Dei gratia, Romanorum imperatrix, Hungariae, Bohemiae regina. Schöbel Tobias. Faby Josef.
Maria Theresia, by the grace of God, empress of the Romans, queen of Hungary and Bohemia. Schöbel Tobias. Faby Josef.
Reverse
Coat of arms of Maria Theresia on double-crowned shield divided into four fields representing Hungary, Bohemia, Burgundy, and Burgau (Günzburg); crowned inner shield with coat of arms of Austria; supported by crowned and nimbate double-headed eagle.
Lettering: ARCHID · AVST · DUX · BURG · CO · TYR · 1780 · ☓
Translation:
Archidux Austriae, Dux Burgundiae, Comes Tyrolis.
Archduchess of Austria, duchess of Burgundy, countess of Tyrol.
Edge
Embossed lettering.
Lettering: IUSTITIA ET CLEMENTIA
Translation: Justice and mercy.
Mints
Rome, Italy
Royal Mint, London, United Kingdom
Vienna, Austria