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AUSTRIA 1780 AH-GS BURGAU

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gmarguli

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It is more a silver round than a coin or at least that is how it is valued. While it is dated 1780 this coin has been restruck many times and very well might still be minted today.

 

I have heard this coin still circulates in parts of the world.

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TomB

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These were struck continuously, without changing the date, for nearly 200 years. The odds are overwhelming that this piece is less than 30 years old.

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JamminJ

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That's a restike, with a catlog value of $7.00. Here's the blurb from the catalog:

 

An unofficial trade dollar, the final date of the famous Maria Theresa thaler has been restruck intermittantly since 1781 to modern times at many world mints. It has been used in many areas that lacked a firm local coinage. particularly in north and east Africa and the Near East. ...since then the thalers have been restruck at the following mints: Vienna, Prague, Milan, Venice, Gunzburg, London, Paris, Brussels, Kremintz, Karlsburg, Rome, Bombay and Florence with an estimated 800 million struck to date.

 

Still cool, though

-JamminJ

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leprecoin

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"Here is a web page that will show you how to tell the difference."

what web site ?

I searched on the web real quick earlier and noticed 2 major diffrences,,,

with rim or with "cut edges" like the one I got

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Tbirde56

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It's what is known as a Maria Theresia Thaler. They were originally struck by Austria and portray the empress who reigned 1740-80. The coin was used as an unofficial trade dollar in Africa and the Near East and nearly a billion were restruck with the same date by many world mints well into the later 20th century.

The Maria Theresia thaler, which in the 19th century was quite simply the thaler of the Levant, vied especially with the Spanish peso as a coin of trade and was in widespread use throughout south-eastern Europe, present-day Turkey, the Arabian Peninsula and large parts of Africa. In Greece, for example, it was taken out of circulation only in 1882.

Instrumental in the spread of the Maria Theresia thaler was the coffee trade. In Ethiopia it was in circulation by the end of the 18th century and was the official currency from the beginning of the 19th century to 1936, when the country was occupied by Italy. The Maria Theresia thaler continued to be struck even later, for example, in Rome, London (until 1961) and even in Bombay. Today the Vienna mint continues to produce small series of the coin.

It contains about 3/4 of an ounce of silver and may be worth about $5-$6 if uncirculated. You might also try a library for a copy of the Standard Catalog of World Coins for pictures, pricing and more info. Check here for differences in originals and restrikes: http://www.jdsworld.net/article/m_theresa_thalers.html

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