1080603 | AUSTRIA. Maria Theresa. "1780" (c.1953) S•F• AR Essai or Pattern Thaler. PCGS SP64. Birmingham. Edge: Raised lettering. 28gm. M · THERESIA · D · G · R · IMP · HU · BO · REG ·. Larger veiled bust with décolletage right / ARCHID · AVST · DUX · BURG · CO · TYR · (date) · X. Crowned imperial double eagle with crowned arms on breast. cf. KM 22; Hafner II 67e; Hafner/Stadlober III 16/97a.

Incuse stamp ESSAI in field before bust. Attractively toned and extremely rare.

Ex. Dr. H.C. Walter Hafner Collection - Part 1.


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Walter Hafner is author of Lexicon of the Maria Theresien Taler 1780 (H.D. Rauch and Walter Hafner, Wien 1984).