worthless?

slipgate

This was given to me years ago and I came across it while cleaning. My assumption is that due to its "date" and condition, that it is a modern replica?

ajaan

Not worthless, it is silver. Not sure which restrike it is. These coins have been made since 1780 up to modern times.

Coindexter

This is a Maria Theresia Thaler. As ajaan pointed out there were many restrikes of this coin, which is basically a bullion issue. It's the real deal and it's silver, so in my opinion is worth holding on to. As a frame of reference for the value, I bought one shortly before the silver price started rising from my local dealer. I paid $8 for an UNC (as I understand it most of these are UNC). Now I would expect it to be worth around $10 or so.

MacCrimmon

Old or new??

Berg

This is a scheme over how you may identify some restirkes of Maria Theresia Thalers:



Hope that helps.

/Berg

tbirde56

BTW, it contains 3/4 ounce of silver.

Sapyx

That's a nifty table there, Berg... Where's it from? I haven't noticed anything like that in Krause (unless I'm not looking in the right place). It's the sort of mind-bogglingly useful thing Krause ought to be putting in thier catalogue.

From the pics of the saltires (the X after the date) given in the table, I'd guess slipgate's coin is a late Vienna example.

Conder101

The table comes from here:

The 1780 Restrike Talers of Maria Theresia, M.R. Broome, as presented in the 1972 Numismatic Chronicle, Seventh Series, Volume XII, by the Royal Numismatic Society

And can be found on J D White's website. The link that was posted in MacCrimmon's post earlier.

ColinCMR

I like these thalers, slipgate's example is attractive. They have some fun history too if you are interested.