1758, Bohemia, Maria Theresa. Silver "Mining" Thaler Coin. Prague! NGC AU-55!

Description

1758, Bohemia, Maria Theresa. Silver "Mining" Thaler Coin. Prague! NGC AU-55!
Mint Year: 1758
Mint Place: Prague
Reference: Davenport 1137, KM-787.
Condition:
Certified and graded by NGC as AU-55!
Weight: ca. 28gm
Diameter: 41mm
Material: Silver
Obverse:
Draped and diademed bust of Empress Maria Theresa right, wearing jewelled earrings and brooch.
Legend: M : THERESIA . D : - G : R : I : HU : BO : REG :
Reverse:
Imperial crown above nimbate double-headed eagel with crowned coat-of-arms of Joachimsthal and Bohemia. Mining hammers in saltire below.
Legend: S . IOACHIMS . THALER (crossed mining hammers) AUSBEUTH . 1758 X
Translated: "
Mined from at St. Joachimsthal.
"
Jáchymov
, until 1945 known also by its German name of Sankt Joachimsthal or Joachimsthal (meaning "Saint Joachim's Valley"; German: Thal, or
Tal
in modern orthography) is a spa town in Karlovy Vary District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,300 inhabitants.
It is situated at an altitude of 733 m (2,405 ft) above sea level in the eponymous St. Joachim's Valley in the Ore Mountains, close to the Czech border with Germany in Bohemia. The historical core of the town from the 16th century is well preserved and protected by law as urban monument zone. It is a comprehensive set of Gothic – Renaissance patrician houses.
Jáchymov has a long mining tradition too; at first silver was mined here. In 1534, it was the second most populous town in the Kingdom of Bohemia. The silver
Joachimsthaler
coins minted there since the 16th century became known in German as Thaler (Jáchymovský tolar) for short, which via the Dutch
daalder
or
daler
is the etymological origin of the currency name "dollar". After the Wieliczka Salt Mine ceased industrial exploitation recently, the Svornost mine (1525) became the oldest mine still in use in Europe. It is also the first and for a long time the only mine in the world, where radium was mined.
The
Thaler
(or
Taler
or
Talir
) was a silver coin used throughout Europe for almost four hundred years. Its name lives on in various currencies as the dollar or tolar. Etymologically, "Thaler" is an abbreviation of "Joachimsthaler", a coin type from the city of Joachimsthal in Bohemia, where some of the first such coins were minted in 1518.
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Maria Theresa
(German:
Maria Theresia
, see also other languages; May 13, 1717 – November 29, 1780) was a reigning Archduchess of Austria, a Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, and a Holy Roman Empress.
Maria Theresa was the oldest daughter of Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and Emperor Charles VI, who promulgated the Pragmatic Sanction to allow her to succeed to the Habsburg monarchy. Opposition to her acceding to the throne led to the War of the Austrian Succession in 1740. After Emperor Charles VII, who claimed the throne, died in 1745, Maria Theresa obtained the imperial crown for her husband, Francis I. Though she was technically empress consort, Maria Theresa was the de facto ruler of the nation, and she began styling herself Holy Roman Empress in 1745. Maria Theresa had in fact already begun her rule in 1740 during the Austrian War of Succession.
Maria Theresa helped initiate financial and educational reforms, promoted commerce and the development of agriculture, and reorganized the army, all of which strengthened Austria's resources. Continued conflict with the Kingdom of Prussia led to the Seven Years' War and later to the War of the Bavarian Succession. She became dowager empress after the death of Francis and ascession of her son Joseph as emperor in 1765. Maria Theresa criticized many of Joseph's actions but agreed to the First Partition of Poland (1772). A key figure in the power politics of 18th century Europe, Maria Theresa brought unity to the Habsburg Monarchy and was considered one of its most capable rulers. Her 16 children also included Marie Antoinette, queen consort of France, and Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor.
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