Hungary ¼ Thaler - Charles III, 1714 – 1717

Obverse Reverse

Information

Country Hungary Hungary
Currency Thaler (1526 – 1754)
Coin type Standard circulation coin
Denomination ¼ Thaler
Year 1714 – 1717
Ruler Charles VI (Karl VI) (1711–1740)
Composition Silver
Shape Round
Demonetized Yes

Description

¼ Thaler from Hungary. Issued from 1714 to 1717. Struck in Silver. Measures 0 mm and weighs 0 g.

Obverse
Armoured bust with curly wig right divides crowned twofold Hungarian coat of arms and Madonna with a child within rhombus, which cuts the inscription - without pearl circle - into four quadrants. Value below in cartouche. (Carolus VI Dei Gratia Romanorum Imperator Semper Augustus Germaniae, Hispaniarum, Hungariae, Bohemiae Rex -
Charles VI by the grace of God Emperor of the Romans, Always August, King of Germany, Hispania, Hungary and Bohemia.)
Reverse
Crowned imperial eagle in a rhombus cuts inscription - without pearl circle - into four quadrants, N B mintmark is divided in the middle. Crowned straigth sided, straight on top fourfold (Hungarian-Bohemian-Hungarian-Bohemian) coat of arms in U shape cartouche on chest. Crowned Austrian shield in center. Date at the end of inscription (Archidux Austriae, dux Burgundiae, marchio Moraviae comes Tyrolis -
Archduke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy, Margrave of Moravia and Count of Tyrol)
Edge
Smooth

Mintage & Variants

Date Mintage Comment Frequency
1717 N B KM mentions; ÉH, H not
1716 N B
1715 N B
1714 N B
ND N B KM mentions; ÉH, H not

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