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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mat, post: 4376716, member: 21445&quot;]I know this really doesn&#039;t belong here but I wanted to share anyways.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I got back into collecting in 2008 I remember seeing this type of coin posted by [USER=13450]@Zohar444[/USER] on the PCGS boards and hoped one day I would eventually acquire one.</p><p><br /></p><p>Over the years I settled on the lower denominations of old &quot;Hogmouth&quot;.&nbsp; But recently I had a 3 figure ebay bucks coupon burning a hole through my computer screen &amp; decided to finally get the denomination I wanted, a Thaler.</p><p><br /></p><p>This particular one was a price well below the usual amount &amp; now I can scratch it off my list.</p><p><br /></p><p>This was a top 3 coin I have wanted for over 11 years. This is also my very first &quot;Thaler&quot;. Even though it&#039;s &quot;machine&quot; made, I still find the coin pretty darn amazing.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>This particular one is a 1-year type, though common, it was minted Hungary, not Austria. Hungary in 1692 had been freshly reconquered by the Austrians from the Turks but was not part of the Empire.</b></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/44rcRG4K/LeoITha.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Leopold I, &quot;Hogmouth&quot; (1657 - 1705 A.D.)</p><p>AR Thaler</p><p>O: LEOPOLDVS D G RO I S A GER HV BO REX; Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right.</p><p>R: ARCHIDVX AVS DVX BVR MAR MOR CO TY; 1692 Crowned imperial double-headed eagle, holding sword and sceptre; crowned arms on breast within Order of the Golden Fleece; K-B flanking tail.</p><p>Kremnitz (Hungary) Mint</p><p>47mm</p><p>28.55g</p><p>Davenport 3262; KM 214.3; Huszar 1373[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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