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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4377779, member: 110350"]Do you have any idea when or where yours was minted? It isn't so easy to figure that out, since they all bear the 1780 date. See <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Theresa_thaler" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Theresa_thaler" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Theresa_thaler</a>: "The MTT quickly became a standard trade coin and several nations began striking Maria Theresa thalers. The following mints have struck MTTs: Birmingham, Bombay, Brussels, London, Paris, Rome and Utrecht, in addition to the Habsburg mints in Günzburg, Hall, Karlsburg, Kremnica, Milan, Prague, and Vienna. Between 1751 and 2000, some 389 million were minted. These various mints distinguished their issues by slight differences in the design, with some of these evolving over time." See <a href="http://www.theresia.name/en/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theresia.name/en/" rel="nofollow">http://www.theresia.name/en/</a> for links to some tables of variations.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have one myself somewhere -- I'm not sure where I put it! -- and have always assumed that it's a modern restrike.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4377779, member: 110350"]Do you have any idea when or where yours was minted? It isn't so easy to figure that out, since they all bear the 1780 date. See [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Theresa_thaler[/URL]: "The MTT quickly became a standard trade coin and several nations began striking Maria Theresa thalers. The following mints have struck MTTs: Birmingham, Bombay, Brussels, London, Paris, Rome and Utrecht, in addition to the Habsburg mints in Günzburg, Hall, Karlsburg, Kremnica, Milan, Prague, and Vienna. Between 1751 and 2000, some 389 million were minted. These various mints distinguished their issues by slight differences in the design, with some of these evolving over time." See [URL]http://www.theresia.name/en/[/URL] for links to some tables of variations. I have one myself somewhere -- I'm not sure where I put it! -- and have always assumed that it's a modern restrike.[/QUOTE]
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