Seems like a 1977 restrike of something... but I don't know if this was made by a mint or private medal company: The obverse reads "Carolus VII * D * G * ROM * IMP * S. A. *" with three notes in ovals at the neck: 1977 / IT / 1835. The reverse reads Augusta VinDelicorum * MDCCXLIV* and two horse shoes (one tilted with the bottom out to the lower left, one tilted out to the lower right).
The Carolus part is from the Spanish milled dollars. Is it silver? Maybe it's supposed to be like those old silver pieces. They were legal tender in the US until the mid 1800s.
The back looks like one of those German Thalars that Lost Dutchman has. It looks like they combined both their favorite obverse and reverse to make a neat bullion coin.
That's what it is. The Austrian mint, for one example, turns out restrikes every year and they have been doing so for decades.
No idea, I didn't bother trying to look it up. But the 1977 date makes it obvious is a restrike. Many of the European mints issue restrikes all the time. That's the only point I was making. But f you want to get technical they are not really restrikes because they do not use original dies, they make new ones.
Yes, just like that. What was the original coin? I mean, the 1977 date seems to mark this as an obvious restrike / tribute, but what is it based on?
The original coin seems to be the thaler described above, but was only minted (of what I could find) in 1744. The picture comes from this site. Not saying it is forgery or copy, just the only link to the exact design showed on the coin I could find. I have no idea where the 1835 comes from? http://www.forgerynetwork.com/asset.aspx?mode=6Q/zOXMHeZ0=&id=OYMVi1wWSXE=
