Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 3176451, member: 87809&quot;]Hungary, 1 Ducat, Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor from 1711 to 1740 and, as Charles III, archduke of Austria and King of Hungary. As pretender to the throne of Spain (as Charles III), he attempted unsuccessfully to reestablish the global empire of his 16th-century ancestor Charles V. He was the author of the Pragmatic Sanction, intended to enable his daughter Maria Theresa to succeed him after the extinction of the direct male line of the House of Habsburg.</p><p><br /></p><p>22 mm, 3.46 g </p><p>mint: Körmöcbánya, 1737</p><p>Reference: KM 306, Huszár 1586; Friedberg 171</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: Charles standing right, holding scepter and globus cruciger; K B across field. CAROL VI D G R I S A GE HI H B REX = Carolus VI Dei Gratia Romanorum Imperator Semper Augustus Germaniae, Hispaniarum, Hungariae, Bohemiae Rex “Charles VI by the grace of God, Emperor of the Romans, ever Monarch, King of Germany, Castile and Leon, Hungary, and Bohemia&quot;. The kings of Castile and Leon used the title &quot;Imperator Hispaniae&quot;)</p><p>Reverse: Crowned Virgin seated facing on crescent within aureole, holding scepter and Holy Infant; in exergue, crowned royal coat-of-arms; date 1737 in legend </p><p>PATRONA REGNI HUNGARIAE&nbsp; (Patron Saint of the Kingdom of Hungary)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]817512[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]817513[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in