Missed out on this a few years back and it came up on yesterday's Schulman sale (Dutch) which allowed me to try again. Schwarzenberg is a Czech (Bohemian) and German (Franconian) aristocratic family, and it was one of the most prominent European noble houses. The Schwarzenbergs are members of the Czech nobility and German nobility and achieved the rank of Princes of the Holy Roman Empire. The family belongs to the high nobility and traces its roots to the Lords of Seinsheim during the Middle Ages. 1696-MIM. Schwarzenberg. Ferdinand Wilhelm Eusebius (1652-1703) Taler. Kremnitz mint. DAV-7702. KM-17. Mintmaster: Martin Josef Mayerl. Obv: Conjoined busts of Ferdinand and Maria Anna. FERDINAND ET MARIA ANNA. Rev: Two crowned and mantled shields, date above, legend begins at bottom. Reverse legend variety: D: G: PRINC. A SCHWARZENBERG.HAERES.LANDGRAVIA.IN SVLZ+. Almost proof like contrasts between fields and devices. A flashy example of this scarce issue in a stunning state of technical preservation, with a marvelous cabinet patina and needle-sharp detail throughout the devices. PCGS MS-66.
I absolutely love and hate thalers. When i first started collecting crowns i wanted to collect all thalers and soon realized i cannot do that in my life time with all the different types. Now i collect only 2 thalers. Zoharr how does this connect to your main collection of habsburg ? Btw lovely coin as always.
Hmm, with regard to "nobility" in a Czech or German context I would not use the present tense (Germany for example did away with that 100 years ago), but the people affected may still think they are different in some ways. But you have a nicely designed and well preserved coin there! Interesting side note: The "head" of the Schwarzenbergs these days, Karel or Karl Schwarzenberg, was the Czech foreign minister for several years between 2007 and 2013 ... Christian
Thanks! But when it comes to talers (and many other "old" coins), I definitely know much less than you. Christian
