I have a modern restrike from the last year or so, which I believe is struck by Austria's Mint. I'm not sure how many of these restrikes were struck as ordered by the government (as opposed to private), but it's known that the 1780 Maria Theresa thalers have been struck hundreds of millions of times over a couple centuries or so (over 300 million). Are some of these restrikes worth more than others? Is there an easy way to tell between relatively modern and older (say, early 20th century and older) restrikes? Is there a catalog of different restrikes somewhere? Thanks in advance!
I would be interested in knowing as well. Although I don't collect foreign coins, I do have what I believe is a restrike from about 1955. Chris
I found this on the 'net just now lol... quite a long list: edited - copyright Please, everybody, when you find stuff like this do not copy and paste it to the forum as that violates copyright law. But all means do post a link like this - http://www.theresia.name/en/index.html That allows people access to same information, without violating copyright law.
I have a few Maria Teresa's because I like crowns and they are a historic coin. What's really fascinating is that somewhere I read that the British were minting their own version in WWI for use in the middle east. However, given the high quality of British minting at that time I would imagine that it would be extremely difficult if not impossible to tell the difference. Maybe someone else can shed some info.
The British made types struck in London and Birmingham are cataloged as being made from 1930's to 1960's. Some were struck in India - Bombay and Calcutta - during the British controlled portion of that time frame. The most obvious difference is that these coins have 2 small feathers in the tail rather than 3. This can be very hard to tell with coins that have significant wear in that area.
