Hungary ½ Thaler - Ferdinand I, 1553 – 1556

½ Thaler from Hungary. Issued from 1553 to 1556. Struck in Silver (.894). Measures 0 mm and weighs 14.41 g.

Obverse

Crowned bust facing right with shouldered tulip scepter in right hand, a short mace in left. Flowered armour. (Ferdinandus Dei Gratia Romanorum Hungariae Bohemiae Dalmatiae Croatiae Rex -
Ferdinánd, by the grace of God, King of the Romans, Hungary, Bohemia, Dalmatia, Croatia)

Reverse

In a shield, glorified one-headed eagle with open wings, on chest fourfold coat of arms: Hungarian Árpád stripes, Hungarian double cross, Dalmatian leopard heads, Bohemian lion. In center chest shield Austrian bonds. Above crowned Madonna with child on right arm, scepter in left hand. Mintmark on both sides within inner pearl circle (Infans Hispaniae Archidux Austriae Dux Burgundiae -
Crown Prince of Spain, Archduke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy)

Edge

Smooth