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Ferdinand Charles (1646-1662)

Ferdinand Charles (17 May 1628 - 30 December 1662) was the Archduke of Further Austria, including the Tyrol, from 1646 to 1662. As the son of Archduke Leopold V and Claudia de' Medici, he took over his mother's governatorial duties when he ...

Archduke Ferdinand II (1564-1595)

Archduke Ferdinand of Austria was the second son of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor and Anna of Bohemia and Hungary. He was a younger brother of Emperor Maximilian II. At the behest of his father, he was put in charge of the administration ...

Archduke Leopold V (1619-1632)

Leopold V, Archduke of Further Austria (Graz, October 9, 1586 - September 13, 1632 in Schwaz, Tirol) was the son of Archduke Archduke Charles II of Inner Austria, and the younger brother of Emperor Ferdinand II, father of Ferdinand Charles,...

Archduke Maximilian (1612-1618)

Maximilian III of Austria, also known as Maximilian the Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (12 October 1558 - 2 November 1618) was the Archduke of Further Austria from 1612 until his death. Born in Wiener Neustadt, Maximilian was the four...

Archduke Sigismund Francis of Further Austria (1630-1665)

Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Further Austria (27 November 1630 - 25 June 1665) was the ruler of Further Austria including Tyrol from 1662 to 1665. He was born at Innsbruck, the second son of Leopold V, Archduke of Austria and Claudia de' ...

Archduke Sigismund of Austria (1446-1490)

Sigismund of Austria, Duke, then Archduke of Further Austria (26 October 1427 - 4 March 1496) was a Habsburg archduke of Austria and ruler of Tirol from 1446 to 1490. Sigismund (or Siegmund, sometimes also spelled Sigmund) was born in Innsb...

Charles VI (1711-1740)

Charles VI, (born Oct. 1, 1685, Vienna, Austria-died Oct. 20, 1740, Vienna), Holy Roman emperor from 1711 and, as Charles III, archduke of Austria and king of Hungary. As pretender to the throne of Spain (as Charles III), he attempted unsuc...

Chales VII Albert (1742-1745)

Charles VII Albert (6 August 1697 - 20 January 1745) a member of the Wittelsbach family, was Prince-elector of Bavaria from 1726 and Holy Roman Emperor from 24 January 1742 until his death in 1745. Charles was notably the only person not of...

Ferdinand I (1521-1564)

Ferdinand I, (born March 10, 1503, Alcalá de Henares, Spain-died July 25, 1564, Vienna, Habsburg domain, Holy Roman emperor (1558-64) and king of Bohemia and Hungary from 1526, who, with his Peace of Augsburg (1555), concluded the era of re...

Ferdinand II (1619-1637)

Ferdinand II, (born July 9, 1578, Graz, Styria [now in Austria]-died Feb. 15, 1637, Vienna), Holy Roman emperor (1619-37), archduke of Austria, king of Bohemia (1617-19, 1620-27), and king of Hungary (1618-25). He was the leading champion o...

Ferdinand III (1637-1657)

Ferdinand III, (born July 13, 1608, Graz, Inner Austria-died April 2, 1657, Vienna), Holy Roman emperor who headed the so-called peace party at the Habsburg imperial court during the Thirty Years' War and ended that war in 1648 with the Pea...

Habsburg Line Emperors and Rulers

Following the failure of Emperor Joseph I and Emperor Charles VI to produce a son and heir, the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 left the throne to the latter's yet unborn daughter, Maria Theresa. In 1736 Emperor Charles arranged her marriage to ...

Joseph I (1705-1711)

Joseph I, (born July 26, 1678, Vienna, Austria-died April 17, 1711, Vienna), Holy Roman emperor from 1705, who unsuccessfully fought to retain the Spanish crown for the House of Habsburg. The eldest son of the emperor Leopold I, Joseph beca...

Leopold I (1657-1705)

Leopold I, (born June 9, 1640, Vienna-died May 5, 1705, Vienna), Holy Roman emperor during whose lengthy reign (1658-1705) Austria emerged from a series of struggles with the Turks and the French to become a great European power, in which m...

Matthias (1612-1619)

Matthias, (born Feb. 24, 1557, Vienna-died March 20, 1619, Vienna), Holy Roman emperor from 1612, who, in a reversal of the policy of his father, Maximilian II, sponsored a Catholic revival in the Habsburg domains that, despite his moderati...

Maximilian I (1509-1519)

Maximilian I (22 March 1459 - 12 January 1519) was King of the Romans from 1486 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1508 until his death in 1519. He was never crowned by the Pope, as the journey to Rome was blocked by the Venetians. He proclaimed h...

Maximillian II (1564-1576)

Maximilian II, (born July 31, 1527, Vienna, Austria-died Oct. 12, 1576, Regensburg [Germany]), Holy Roman emperor from 1564, whose liberal religious policies permitted an interval of peace between Roman Catholics and Protestants in Germany ...

Rudolf II (1576-1612)

Rudolf II, (born July 18, 1552, Vienna, Habsburg domain [now in Austria]-died Jan. 20, 1612, Prague, Bohemia [now in Czech Republic]), Holy Roman emperor from 1576 to 1612; his ill health and unpopularity prevented him from restraining the ...

Ferdinand I (1835-1848)

Ferdinand (I), also called Ferdinand The Benign, German Ferdinand Der Gütige (born April 19, 1793, Vienna, Austria-died June 29, 1875, Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary), emperor of Austria from 1835 to 1848, when he abdicated his throne. Fe...

Francis I (1745-1765)

Francis I (Francis Stephen; 8 December 1708 - 18 August 1765) was Holy Roman Emperor and Grand Duke of Tuscany, though his wife effectively executed the real powers of those positions. With his wife, Maria Theresa, he was the founder of the...

Francis II (1792-1835)

Francis II, (born Feb. 12, 1768, Florence-died March 2, 1835, Vienna), the last Holy Roman emperor (1792-1806) and, as Francis I, emperor of Austria (1804-35); he was also, as Francis, king of Hungary (1792-1830) and king of Bohemia (1792-1...

Francis Joseph I (1848-1916)

Francis Joseph, German Franz Joseph (born August 18, 1830, Schloss Schönbrunn, near Vienna-died November 21, 1916, Schloss Schönbrunn), emperor of Austria (1848-1916) and king of Hungary (1867-1916), who divided his empire into the Dual Mon...

Habsburg-Lorraine Line Emperors and Rulers

Following the failure of Emperor Joseph I and Emperor Charles VI to produce a son and heir, the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 left the throne to the latter's yet unborn daughter, Maria Theresa. In 1736 Emperor Charles arranged her marriage to ...

Joseph II (1780-1790)

Joseph II, (born March 13, 1741, Vienna, Austria-died Feb. 20, 1790, Vienna), Holy Roman emperor (1765-90), at first coruler with his mother, Maria Theresa (1765-80), and then sole ruler (1780-90) of the Austrian Habsburg dominions. An “enl...

Leopold II (1790-1792)

Leopold II, (born May 5, 1747, Vienna-died March 1, 1792, Vienna), Holy Roman emperor from 1790 to 1792, one of the most capable of the 18th-century reformist rulers known as the “enlightened despots.” The third son of the Habsburg Maria Th...

Maria Theresia (1740-1780)

Maria Theresa, German Maria Theresia (born May 13, 1717, Vienna-died Nov. 29, 1780, Vienna), archduchess of Austria and queen of Hungary and Bohemia (1740-80), wife and empress of the Holy Roman emperor Francis I (reigned 1745-65), and moth...

Habsburg History and Dynasty

For more than five centuries the House of Habsburg (often spelt Hapsburg) was the greatest ruling family in European history and their influence stretched into the 20th Century. Ironically Europe's greatest ever Ruling Family originates fro...

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Empire History

Holy Roman Empire, designation for the political entity that originated at the coronation as emperor (962) of the German king Otto I and endured until the renunciation (1806) of the imperial title by Francis II. The term itself did not come...

The Holy Roman Empire

A political entity in Western Europe from 800 to 1806. The Empire was in theory a revival of the Western Roman Empire-the political counterpart of the Roman Catholic Church. It was initially known as the Empire in the West. Before 1815, the...

Role of the Emperor

The emperor generally dominated the various states and principalities that made up the German nation (which included present-day Austria, the Czech Republic, part of Poland, Luxembourg, and other bordering areas) as well as northern Italy. ...

The Habsburgs

The Habsburg family line were emperors of the Holy Roman Empire from 1438 to 1806, and emperors of Austria from 1804 to 1918. The family is of Swiss origin, and its earliest seat is the Habsburg, a castle not far from Aarau in Canton Aargau...

Background

Joachimsthal (Jáchymov) The Taler (or Taler or Talir) was a silver coin used throughout Europe for almost four hundred years. Its name lives on in various currencies as the dollar or tolar. Etymologically, "Thaler" is an abbreviation of "Jo...

The Taler

The roots and development of the Thaler-sized silver coin date back to the mid-1400s. As the fifteenth century drew to a close the state of much of Europe's coinage was quite poor because of repeated debasement induced by the costs of conti...

Minting Techniques

Minting Technique - The Hall Mint Article Link Coining technology - Machine Mintage of Testons and Thalers Article Link Hammered Minting Roller Press - Hall Mint, Tyrol. Roller Dies Rocker Press Rocker Dies Screw Press Testing and weighing ...

Taler's Global Expansion

The zenith of Thaler minting occurred in the late 16th and 17th centuries with the so-called "multiple Thalers", often called Lösers in Germany. The first were minted in Brunswick, and indeed the majority were struck there. Some of these co...

The Guldiner

The 1486 Guldiner In 1474 a nine-gram lira was issued but it was in 1484 that Archduke Sigismund of Tirol issued the first truly revolutionary silver coin, the half Guldengroschen of roughly 15½ (fifteen and a half) grams. This was a very r...

The Joachimstaler

Joachimstaler By 1518 Guldiners were popping up everywhere in central Europe. In Bohemia, a part of the Holy Roman Empire then controlled by the Jagellonian monarchs, a Guldiner was minted-of similar physical size but slightly less fineness...

Archbishopric of Gurk

Gurk Episcopal Coat of Arms The Bishop of Gurk is the head of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gurk, which was established in 1072 as the first suffragan bishop by Archbishop Gebhard of Salzburg in the Duchy of Carinthia. Initially performing ...

Carl III Herzog von Lothringen (1695-1711)

1701. Austria. Olmutz. Karl III Josef Herzog von Lothringen (1695-1711) Taler. DAV-1205; KM-340. Lichn.-Mayer 321. Suchomel/Videman 571.Obv: Bust portrait in official costume to the right. Rev. Bust of the prince, framing legend. Rev: Under...

Archbishopric of Olmutz

Olmutz Coat of Arms Olmutz is said to occupy the site of a Roman fort founded in the imperial period, the original name of which, Iuliomontium (Mount Julius), would have been gradually corrupted to the present form. Although this account is...

Jakob Ernst von Liechtenstein (1738-1745)

1741. Austrian States. Olmutz. Jakob Ernst von Liechtenstein (1738-1745) Taler. DAV-1228. Suchomel/Videman 908. All of these come with a similar planchet flaw, however this is by far the nicest specimen for this type I have seen. NGC MS-64.

Rudolf Johann von Österreich (1819-1830)

1820. Austria. Bishopric State of Olmütz Taler. Rudolf Johannes Joseph Rainier von Habsburg-Lothringen (1819-1830). Archbishop and Cardinal, 1819/20-1831. Bust left. Crowned and mantled coat-of-arms. DAV-41. Suchomel/Videman 1205. Scarce in...

Wolfgang Hannibal von Schrattenbach (1711-1738)

1719. Olmutz. Bishop Wolfgang von Schrattenbach (1711-1738) Taler. DAV-1218, Conditionally scarce GEM for the type. NGC MS-65. 1726. Austria: Olmütz. Bishop Wolfgang von Schrattenbach (1711-1738) Taler. DAV-1219A, Suchomel/Videman-753, KM-1...

Archbishopric of Salzburg

The Prince-Archbishopric of Salzburg (German: Fürsterzbistum Salzburg) was an ecclesiastical principality and state of the Holy Roman Empire. It comprised the secular territory ruled by the archbishops of Salzburg, as distinguished from the...

List of Salzburg Prince Bishops

Michael of Khuenburg 1554-1560 John Jacob of Khun-Bellasy 1560-1586 George of Kuenburg 1586-1587 Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau 1587-1612 Marcus Sittich of Hohenems 1612-1619 Paris von Lodron 1619-1653 Guidobald of Thun 1654-1668 Maximilian Gan...

Salzburg History

The Archbishopric of Salzburg was a Prince-Bishopric and state of the Holy Roman Empire for many centuries. The diocese arose from St Peter's Abbey, founded in the German stem duchy of Bavaria about 696 by Saint Rupert at the former Roman c...

Salzburg Talers

1522 (ND). Salzburg. Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg (1519-1540) Guldiner. Salzburg Mint, Dav-8161, Zöttl-202. Probszt 202. A wholly appreciable and truly scarce silver issue depicting a youthful-appearing Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg, struck ...

Archbishopric of Vienna

The Archbishop of Vienna is the prelate of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vienna who is concurrently the metropolitan bishop of its ecclesiastical province which includes the dioceses of Eisenstadt, Linz and St. Pölten. The Bishopric of ...

Habsburg

1755 Austrian-Netherlands. Duchy of Brabant (Belgium). Antwerp Mint. Maria Theresia (1740-1780) Kronentaler. Delmonte 387, Davenport 1282, Eypelt. 437, Voglhuber 287. Obv: St. Andrew's Cross, in the corners 4 crowns. Rev: Double-headed eagl...

Austrian Netherlands

The Austrian Netherlands was the period in which the Habsburg Monarchy was in control of the Southern Netherlands (modern Belgium) from 1714, until its annexation during the aftermath of the Battle of Sprimont by French revolutionary forces...

Insurrection

The United States of Belgium was a short lived confederation of eleven states in the Southern Netherlands which formed in early January 1790 as a result of a general revolt against the the Holy Roman Empire under the rule of Joseph II. Jose...

Archduke Ferdinand Charles (1646-1662)

1654. Austria. Archduke Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Further Austria (1632-1662) Taler. DAV-3367. KM-933.3. Tyrol, Hall Mint. Obv: Older, thinner bust right. Rev: Crowned arms in order chain. Fully lustrous with a lovely mottled golden to...

Archduke Ferdinand II of Further Austria (1564-1595)

ND. Archduke Ferdinand (1564-95) Taler. DAV-8094. Tirol, Hall Mint. As struck, sharp details and flawless surfaces. The finest GEM specimen I have seen. NGC MS-65+. ND. Archduke Ferdinand (1564-95) Taler. DAV-8094. Tirol, Hall Mint. Conditi...

Archduke Leopold V (1619-1632)

1620. Austria. Archduke Leopold (1619-1632) Taler, Hall Mint. DAV-3328. KM-264. Moser/Tursky 419. Obv: Bust right dividing date. Rev: Crowned arms with shields of Strasburg and Passau below. Original luster with subdued toning especially on...

Archduke Maximilian (1612-1618)

1603. Germany. Teutonic Order. Grandmaster Maximilian of Austria Taler. Hall mint. KM-5854. Dudik-187b. Beautifully toned crown with original skin. Superb preservation and presentation of this broad flan type. PCGS MS-63. 1614. Germany. Teu...

Archduke Sigismund Francis of Further Austria (1662-1665)

1665. Archduke Sigismund Francis of Further Austria (1662-1665) Taler. 28.69gr. DAV-3370, Moser/Tursky 531, KM-1239.1. Obv: Armoured & draped bust right. Rev: Crowned arms in order chain. Phenomenal strike and eye appeal for a coin that sta...

Archduke Sigismund of Austria (1446-1490)

1484. Austria. Holy Roman Empire. Archduke Sigismund (1446-1490) 1/2 Guldiner. The first large silver issue of the Hall mint. Levinson-IV-45a; Frey-261; Schulten-4425. Moeser & Dworachak 67; Moser & Tursky-60. Obv: Crowned, draped, and armo...

Charles VI (1711-1740)

1713. Charles VI (1711-1740) Taler. DAV-1050. Hall Mint. Toned, multi color coin, with pristine fields. NGC MS-64. 1714/3. Bohemia. Charles VI (1711-1740) Taler. Breslau Mint. DAV-1089; KM-786.1. Overdate variety. Displaying a fairly clear ...

Ferdinand I (1521-1564)

ND (ca. 1574-1575). Ferdinand I (1521-64) Taler. Hall Mint. Posthumously struck coinage. DAV-8030. Obv: Crowned, armored and bearded half-length figure, (with elderly features) right, holding sword and scepter. Rev: Single headed heraldic e...

Ferdinand I (1835-1848)

1844-A. Emperor Ferdinand I (1835-1848) Thaler. Lower Austria, Vienna Mint. DAV-14. Exceptional prooflike specimen, colorful toning and details with a stunning reverse. Very scarce in GEM quality. NGC MS-65.

Ferdinand II (1619-1637)

1617. Archduke Ferdinand II (1617-1637) Taler. DAV-3311. KM-187. Her 54-58. Styria, Graz Mint. Obv: Portrait half size with armour that forms an angle forward, with sceptre at right hand, inner circle. Crown reaching the rim. Rev: Composite...

Ferdinand III (1637-1657)

1641/39. Emperor Ferdinand III (1637-1657) Augsburg Taler. DAV-5039. Spectacular specimen - sharp strike, lovely original patina. Stellar coin. PCGS MS-65. 1640. Austria. Emperor Ferdinand III (1637-1657). Graz Mint. DAV-3186. Hahn:25a, Her...

Francis I (1745-1765)

Austria. 1762-HA. Francis I (1745-1765) Taler. DAV-1155. Tirol. Hall Mint. Strong strike with nice peripheral toning on obverse. Very scarce in mint state. PCGS MS-63.

Francis II (1792-1835)

1815-C. Austria. Holy Roman Emperor Francis II (1804-1835) Thaler. Karlburg Mint. DAV-6. KM-2161. Full mint brilliance with exceptionally blemish-free surfaces - no adjustment marks or flan flaws. Rarely seen in this elevated designation. N...

Francis Joseph I (1848-1916)

Franz Joseph ruled from 1848 to 1916. With such a long reign, many coins were struck with his likeness, some as a young man, some older. Further, there are several denominations of silver and gold coins with Franz Joseph's likeness, and the...

Austro-Hungarian Talers by Habsburg Ruler

The crown of Emperor Rudolf II, later the crown of the Austrian Empire

Joseph I (1705-1711)

1706 IAK. AUSTRIA. Joseph I (1705-1711) Taler. Hall Mint. 43mm. DAV-1018. KM-1438.1. Herinek 132. Obv: IOSEPHUS · D: G: ROM: IMP: SE: AV: G: HV: BO: REX ·. Laureate armored bust right. Rev: ARCHID: AVST: DVX: BV: COM: TYR ·. Arms within Ord...

Joseph II (1780-1790)

1766-F. Austria. Joseph II (1765-1780) Taler, as Co-Regent. DAV-1164. Eypeltauer 821. Herinek 100. Issued during the reign of Joseph II's mothr, Maria Theresia as empress where he served as Co-Regent until hear death in 1780. Conditionally ...

Leopold I (1657-1705)

1659-KvB. Hungary. 2 Taler. Kremnitz mint. DAV-A3254. KM-155; Obv: Young Portrait of Leopold, right, wearing laurels, robe, and Order of the Golden Fleece. Rev: Crowned imperial eagle. Very scarce double taler type which I could not locate ...

Leopold II (1790-1792)

1790-A, AUSTRIA. Vienna Mint. Emperor Leopold II (1790-1792) Taler. DAV-1171. Her-32. J. 70. Voglh. 299. Obv: Laureate head right. Rev: CCrowned arms with supporters A difficult one-year type, very scarcely found in any condition, let alone...

Maria Theresia (1740-1780)

1763. Hungary. Maria Theresia (1740-1780) Taler. Kremnitz Mint. DAV-1132. Obv: Empress bust. Rev: Madonna with Child in her left hand on the crescent moon in the glory, below crest. Scarcer type with superb quality given the state of the Ma...

Matthias (1612-1619)

1609. Matthias II (1612-1619) Taler. Depicting Matthias as King of Hungary. Kremnitz Mint. DAV-3039. Voglh. 112/II. NGC AU-58 1610. Austria. Matthias II (1612-1619) Taler. Kremnitz Mint. DAV-3051. Voglhuber 110/1. Huszár 1106. Depicting Mat...

Maximilian I (1508-1519)

1518. Austria. Maximilian I (1493-1519) Guldiner or Taler. Klagenfurt Mint. 42mm, 28.25 g, 7h). DAV-8007; Egg-33; Voglhuber-24. Obv: Collared and mantled bust left, wearing cap. Rev: Three crowned coats-of-arms over eight coats-of-arms, the...

Maximilian II (1564-1576)

1574-KB. Hungary Maximilian II (1564-1576) Taler. Kremnitz Mint. DAV-8058; Huszar-978. Obv: Half-length crowned and armored bust right, left hand holding sword and right hand holding shouldering scepter. Rev: Crowned double headed imperial ...

Rudolph II (1576-1612)

1590. Austria. Rudolph II (1576-1612) "Three Emperors" Taler. Joachimsthal or Prague Mint. Dav-8105 (under Archduke Ferdinand as Hall mint), Voglhuber-86 (same), Markl-1953, Moser-Tursky-Unl., Donebauer-Unl., Dietiker-Unl., Halacka-Type 1. ...

The Taler Universe Collection

I have spent the past 10 years building my collection of 16-19th century Talers depicting the various Habsburg Holy Roman Empire Emperors and designs. In my efforts, I try to attain quality pieces reflective of the respective era focusing o...

Italian Territories

Charles succeeded his father in the Netherlands; he followed one grandfather, Ferdinand, as king of Spain in 1516, and when the other, Maximilian, died in 1519 he became the emperor Charles V., and succeeded to all the hereditary lands of t...

Modern Restrikes

PRICING & HISTORY SOLD FOR START FREE TRIALor Sign In to see what it's worth. SOLD DATE SOURCEeBay 1953. Austria Silver Guldiner Guldengroschen, Hall (Tyrol), Official Restrike restrike of the legendary 1486 issue. X#M28. Obverse: Sigismund...

Auersperg

The House of Auersperg is an Austrian princely family, which held estates in Austria and Thengen (located in southern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, north of Schaffhausen, Switzerland.) The princely family of Auersperg was a junior branch of t...

Batthyány

This old Hungarian family, originating from Kovagoors, were made hereditary counts of Nemet-Ujvar (Gussing). A branch of the family was notable in Croatia as well, producing several Viceroys of Croatia in the 16th, 17th and 18th century. Th...

Dietrichstein

The Dietrichstein family originated in Carinthia (Austria), named after Dietrichstein Castle. They rose in the 16th century when Siegmund von Dietrichstein (a Habsburg courtier) was elevated to Freiherr and married into Maximilian I’s famil...

Eggenberg

Eggenberg was the name of an Austrian noble family from Styria, who achieved princely rank in the 17th century. The family's last male heir died in 1717, bringing an end to the House of Eggenberg. The origin of the Austrian noble house of E...

Esterházy

Esterházy is a Hungarian noble family with origins in the Middle Ages. Since the 17th century, they were among the great landowner magnates of the Kingdom of Hungary during the time it was part of the Habsburg Empire and later Austria-Hunga...

Noble House Mints

The History and Register of The Nobility of Austria Website Link Historically, the Austrian nobility (German: österreichischer Adel) was a privileged social class in Austria. The nobility was officially abolished in 1919 after the fall of t...

Khevenhüller-Metsch

The Khevenhüller family, originally from Bamberg, settled in Carinthia in the 15th century. In the first half of the 16th century, it divided into two main branches, Aichelberg-Frankenburg and Hohen-Osterwitz. During the anti reformation wa...

Paar

The Paar family, of Italian decent, was known in Austria from the 16th century. For almost 300 years and through many generations, the family was in charge of postal management in Austria, Hungary, Bohemia, and at the Imperial court in Vien...

Schlick

The rise of the Schlick family began in the first half of the 15th Century, when Kaspar Schlick, for his diplomatic services of the Emperor Sigismund to the Baron (1422) and Reich Counts (1437), was titled and given a patent for a coat of a...

House of Schwarzenberg

Schwarzenberg is a Czech (Bohemian) and German (Franconian) aristocratic family, and it was one of the most prominent European noble houses. The Schwarzenbergs are members of the Czech nobility and German nobility and achieved the rank of P...

Trautson

The Trautson family was an important Austrian noble family that originated in Tyrol had. From mid-16th century the Trautson moved to Lower Austria and rose to the powerful families of the Habsburg monarchy and the princes beyond. 1708-MM. F...

House of Windisch-Grätz

The House of Windisch-Graetz, also spelled Windisch-Grätz, is an Austrian aristocratic family, descending from Windischgraz in Lower Styria (present-day Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia). The noble dynasty serving the House of Habsburg achieved the...

Transylvania

The princes of Transylvania were sandwiched between the Ottoman Empire to the south and the Hapsburg dominions to the west and attempted to maintain independence from both. The Hapsburgs reconquered Hungary from the Turks in the 1680's and ...

Ancient Coins

Ancient Greek SICILY. Syracuse. Agathocles (317-289 BC). AR Tetradrachm. 26mm, 17.09gr ca. 310-305 B.C. Pre-royal coinage, Agathocles as Tyrant, ca. 310-305 BC. Obv: Wreathed head of Arethusa facing left wreathed with grain ears, wearing tr...

France

1790-MA. France. King Louis XVI Ecu. Marseille mint, KM-564.11, Gad-356. No dot, 1st semester. A stunningly toned Gem Mint State example exhibiting an intensedisplay of color ranging from iridescent emeralds and blues to bright crimson and ...

German States

ND (1611-12). Germany. Luneburg. 2 Taler. DAV-LS342a. KM-22. Schnee-32. Mintmaster Henning Hansen. Obv: John the Baptist with Lamb of God next to personified moon, profile right within crescent at left. ECCE AGNVS DEI QVI TOLLIT PECCATA MVN...

Eiropean Crowns

Italian States

1607. Italian States. Tuscany (Pisa). Ferdinando I de Medici (1587-1608) Tallero. DAV-4186; CNI-XXI,1 (30). Obv: Radiate-crowned and cuirassed half figure right, holding scepter. Rev: Medici arms, shield supported on crowned Maltese cross. ...

Scandinavia

Denmark 1618. Denmark Christian IV Speciedaler. Copenhagen Mint; Privy Mark: Clover. KM-44; Dav-3514; Hede-53C; Sieg-102.3; Schou-2; Bruun-5001. Weight: 28.60 gms. Mintmaster: Nicolaus Schwabe. An absolutely brilliant example with a nice ca...

World Crowns

Aside from the core habsburg collection, I have assembled a smaller yet growing set of world crowns depicting neat designs from the past few centuries.

Latin America

1741 Mexico City 8 Reales (Pillar Dollar). Philip V | Mo MF. References: KM-104; Calicó-1458. Well-struck Mint State pillar dollar with crisp central detail and bold legends. Obverse with the crowned Pillars of Hercules rising from the sea,...

Middle East/Asia

1798. Order of Malta. Ferdinand Hompesch 30 Tari, KM-345.3, DAV-1611b, Schembri-3. A striking, one-year type that is believed to have been struck by the French during their occupation, featuring the armored bust of Ferdinand Hompesch and cr...

Other

1798. Bern. City Taler. DAV-1760A (thin knight, large date variety). KM-164. Obv: Crowned, spade arms of Bern within oval frame Obverse Legend: BERNENSIS RESPUBLICA. Rev: Standing Swiss with long sword, date below within oval frame. A scarc...

Articles

External reference articles and links about the Habsburgs, the taler, and related numismatic history.