A Pair of Ferdinand I Thalers

[JamminJ]

Here's a couple of Ferdinand I thalers added recently to my Hapsburg collection.

 

This one is when Ferdinand was Roman King, heir apparent to the Emperor, as shown by the single headed eagle.

 

 

This one was after becoming emperor and getting an extra head on his eagle.

[TJ]

Is that a phallic symbol?

[JamminJ]

Is that a phallic symbol?

 

No he used it to bonk the head of supplicants. However, the orb may have been used in some unnatural ways.

[shirohniichan]

Is that a phallic symbol?

 

No he used it to bonk the head of supplicants. However, the orb may have been used in some unnatural ways.

 

Ah yes, I remember the orb scene from "Sleeper".

 

Cool thalers. Them Holy Roman emperor coins are great, except that they were neither holy nor Roman.

[JamminJ]

Is that a phallic symbol?

 

No he used it to bonk the head of supplicants. However, the orb may have been used in some unnatural ways.

 

Ah yes, I remember the orb scene from "Sleeper".

 

Cool thalers. Them Holy Roman emperor coins are great, except that they were neither holy nor Roman.

 

After 1647 it wasn't really an empire either.

[shirohniichan]

Is that a phallic symbol?

 

No he used it to bonk the head of supplicants. However, the orb may have been used in some unnatural ways.

 

Ah yes, I remember the orb scene from "Sleeper".

 

Cool thalers. Them Holy Roman emperor coins are great, except that they were neither holy nor Roman.

 

After 1647 it wasn't really an empire either.

 

Did they win something for having the most improperly named political sphere of influence?

[JamminJ]

Is that a phallic symbol?

 

No he used it to bonk the head of supplicants. However, the orb may have been used in some unnatural ways.

 

Ah yes, I remember the orb scene from "Sleeper".

 

Cool thalers. Them Holy Roman emperor coins are great, except that they were neither holy nor Roman.

 

After 1647 it wasn't really an empire either.

 

Did they win something for having the most improperly named political sphere of influence?

 

Yes, the scorn of Voltaire.