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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CheetahCats, post: 855734, member: 23874&quot;]This coin <b>appears </b>to be a Maria Theresa <u><b>variant</b></u>, and its obverse wording and obverse design doesn&#039;t look like one of the common silver thalers.</p><p><br /></p><p>T<font face="Verdana"><font size="2">he most widely known and minted is the thaler (even up to the present day, in Turkey I believe), but the thaler I&#039;m picturing consists of an alloy of mainly silver and a little bit of copper.&nbsp; Your coin appears to be [primarily] copper.</font></font></p><p><font face="Verdana"><font size="2"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Verdana"><font size="2">I believe the obverse legend says &quot;</font></font><font face="Verdana"><font size="2"><font face="Times New Roman"><font face="Verdana">M.&nbsp; THERES D. G.&nbsp; R. IMP.HU.BO. REG&quot;</font>&nbsp; </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Verdana"><font size="2"><font face="Times New Roman"><font face="Verdana"><br /></font></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Verdana"><font size="2"><font face="Times New Roman"><font face="Verdana"></font> </font></font></font><font face="Verdana"><font size="2"><font face="Times New Roman"><font face="Verdana"><i>Translation: </i><u>M.&nbsp; Theresa</u>,</font>&nbsp; </font></font></font><font face="Verdana"><font size="2"><font face="Times New Roman"><font face="Verdana"><u>D</u>eus&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <u>G</u>ratia or by the grace of <u>G</u>-<u>D</u></font>, </font></font></font><font face="Verdana"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana"><u>Empress</u> of&nbsp; the&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Holy Roman Empire, <u>Hu</u>ngary and <u>Bo</u>hemia</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Verdana"><font size="2"></font></font> <font face="Verdana"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><font face="Verdana"><font size="2"></font></font></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Verdana"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><font face="Verdana"><font size="2">You may want to see if there&#039;s still discernible writing on the edge that looks like&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; CLEMENTIA IUSTITIA (with mercy and justice).</font></font></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Verdana"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><font face="Verdana"><font size="2"><br /></font></font></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Verdana"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><font face="Verdana"><font size="2">If you could publish its weight in grams, and diameter in mm, that would also be helpful <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></font></font></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Verdana"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><font face="Verdana"><font size="2"><br /></font></font></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Verdana"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><font face="Verdana"><font size="2"></font></font>&nbsp; </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Verdana"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"></font></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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