Is my Taler too tall?

I have been given a Taler (M.S. 1870) It looks great, bright, shiny, exactly what I'd expect of a modern restrike. Question is about the specs. My base for one of these is: 39.5mm x 2.4mm & 28.0668gm. The new coin measures: 40.90mm x 2.44mm and 28.10gm.

Is this within tolerances, Have the specs changed?
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your taler has got some additional stature. these coins have been reproduced to death so it could be real could be not

 

Ok so I forgot I had a scanner, Here's the Taler - So?......
(i've been sick....)

 

Check out this website to identify your probable restrike.

Any edge engraving that exists will help in pinning it down.

 

I did believe it was a restrike and, from the condition, likely a very modern one. What I see around the edge looks like:
IUSTITIA ET CLEMENTDA


By the way, the dark spot above the ear is really difficult to spot in hand. Much twisting and turning need ed to really see that it's there. Is that weird? the other two spots I can see scuffs that might make them. I guess it's because the it's in the hair that makes it difficlt to spot i real life.

 

Yeah, restrike. You could check die varieties, and find exact date.... go here http://www.theresia.name/en/svergleich.html

 

Thanks. I'm just getting over a bout with the flu (still unsure who won) so I'm going to have to wait a day or so until I can better formulate logical thought. There's so much there, I don't know how/where to start. I'll pick away around the edges 'till brain function improves; that may even give me a clue on how to attack all this info.

Thanks again,

 

Ok. If anyone is still reading this thread, perhaps someone will know if I got this right. Best I could discern my coin is cataloged as an Hafner 60. I chose this because it's the only one that indicated, "diameter above 40mm." All other points of information apply to some other coins as well as this one.

This means My coin was minted in Vienna "1945/50-60. I don't know if that means it was minted in 1945 and again from 1950-60, or if it means something else entirely.

Pleas feel free to add to or correct me.

 

So I understand. My coin could have been minted for Christmas sales - though unlikely. Too bad there's not a good way to nail things down more closely but then that's part of the MT Taler's charm.