1 Kreuzer - Maria Theresia Siege of Prague

Features

Issuer	City of Prague (Kingdom of Bohemia)
Królowa	Maria Theresa (1740-1780)
Type	Emergency coinage › Siege coins
Conflict	Seven Years' War (1756-1763)
Year	1757
Composition	Cyna
Weight	1.35 g
Diameter	16.8 mm
Shape	Okrągły
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 86260
References	Diet# 1049 Hans A. Dietiker, Herbert Rittmann; 1979. Böhmen: Katalog d. Habsburger Münzen 1526-1887 = Bohemia. Battenberg Verlag, Munich, Bavaria, Germany. , Herinek 1740-1969# 1483 Ludwig Herinek; 1970. Österreichische Münzprägungen / von 1740-1969 = Austrian Coinage. Münzhandlg Herinek, Vienna, Austria. , KM# 274a Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Schön DM# 1 Gerhard Schön. Deutscher Münzkatalog 18. Jahrhundert 1700-1806. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (2 volumes).

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Obverse

Portret zwrócony w prawo, legenda wokół (zaczyna się od 8h). Automatically translated

Script: łaciński

Lettering: M THERES D G R I GE HU BO R

Unabridged legend: Maria Theresia Dei Gratia Romanorum Imperatrix Germaniae Hungariae Bohemiae Regina

Reverse

(en) Crowned double headed imperial eagle with arms of Bohemia on chest, value below in tail feathers that divide the legend.

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
ARCH AU DUX BU SI M MO 1757
1

Unabridged legend: Archiducisa Austriae Ducisa Burgundiae Silesiae Marchionisa Moraviae

Edge

Zwykły Automatically translated

Mint

Prague, Czech Republic

Comments

(en)

Minted during the short siege of Prague by Frederick the Great of Prussia in May-June 1757 during the Seven Year war.
KM lists these siege coins in a section at the end of the Bohemia listing. Schön lists the coins in a separate Prague section.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
1757

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