AUSTRIA Thaler 1621 Archduke Leopold V. VF- (holed & tooled)

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1621, Austria, Archduke Leopold V. Silver Thaler Coin.

Mint Year: 1621
Denomination: Thaler
Mint Place: Hall (County of Tyrol, Austria)
Reference: Davenport 3330, Voglhuber 175/II, KM-264.5.
Condition: Pierced (holed) and with smoothed (tooled) obverse fields, some dark oxidation spots, otherwise VF.
Material: Silver
Weight: 28.15gm
Diameter: 43mm 


Obverse: Bust of Leopold V (as Prince-Archibishop of Strasbourg) in clerical robes right, splitting date (.16-ZI) in fields.
Legend: * LEOPOLDVS D : G : ARCHID : AVSTRIAE DVX BVRG : SCAES : Mtis : ET RELIQ

Reverse: Ducal crown above garnished imperial coat-of-arms and a small central shield of Tyrol.
Legend: ARHIDVC : GVBERNATOR PLENARIVS CMES TIROLIS


In the Holy Roman Empire, the Thaler was used as the standard against which the various states' currencies could be valued.



Leopold V, Archduke of Further Austria (Graz, October 9, 1586 – September 13, 1632 in Schwaz, Tirol) was the son of Archduke Archduke Charles II of Inner Austria, and the younger brother of Emperor Ferdinand II, father of Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Further Austria. He was Bishop of Passau and Strasbourg (until 1625) and Archduke of Further Austria including Tirol.

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