Royal Dux
what is the origin of a foreign coin?
there is a heavy featured, large busted woman on the front with the letters R*IMP*HU*BO*REG on the left of the woman’s head, and M*THERESIA*D*G on the right of her head. On the back of the coin, silver, is a large family or royal crest with a crown at the top, two eagles facing out. The letters on the left of the crest are BURG*CO*TYR*1780. The letters on the right of the crest are ARCHID*AVST*DUX
I take it your coin looks like this: http://silvercoinand.com/wp-content/ups/2010/01/1780-maria-theresa-silver-thaler.png
It’s what is commonly known as a “Maria Theresa thaler”. Maria Theresa was Empress of Austria, Hungary, and several other countries.
In 1780, they began issuing large silver coins with her portrait on them. These coins were called “thalers”, after the region in Bohemia where the first such coins were struck in the 1500′s. BTW, “thaler” is the origin of the word “dollar”
Interestingly, the coin was minted more or less continuously from 1780 into the 21st century, but they all bear the 1780 date. It’s also been struck at more mints than probably any other coin in history: Birmingham, Bombay, Brussels, London, Paris, Rome, Utrecht, Günzburg, Hall, Karlsburg, Kremnica, Milan, Prague and Vienna.
They’re still used for trade in parts of the Middle East and North Africa.
As you might guess, yours is almost certainly one of the “restrikes” minted after 1780. They usually trade at about their silver value. At just over .75 troy ounces, that’s about $27.25
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