ominus1 Posted June 5, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted June 5, 2022 (edited) i got this in over the weekend..it was listed with picture as a 1/4 kronenthaler w/o measurements or weight (and for Joseph ll)..i could hardly believe when it slid out of the its package.....from a 3 & 6 kreuzer to a thaler...Christmas in June... POST ANYTHING YOU FEELS REVELANT! 🙂 Francis ll kronenthaler, Vienna mint, 40mm, 29.04gms Edited June 6, 2022 by ominus1 15 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marsyas Mike Posted March 17 · Member Share Posted March 17 Nice Kronenthaler, @ominus1. Sorry I'm a bit late to this...for years I've picked these Austrian-Netherlands types up whenever they go cheap. They are big favorites of mine - cheap 18th century crowns. But just this month I branched out with a kronenthaler from Bavaria. The words "BAIERISCHER KRONTHALER" is on the edge. Your post gives me an excuse to throw it out here... Bavaria 1818 Kronenthaler Maximilian I Joseph Munich Mint (Mint. 163,619) MAXIMILIANUS IOSEPHUS BAVARIAE REX, bare head r. / PRO DEO ET POPULO 1818 . crown above crossed sword and mace / Edge: BAIERISCHER KRONTHALER KM 706.1 (old KM 358.1). (29.24 grams / 39 mm) eBay March 2024  9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor robinjojo Posted March 18 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted March 18 Nice coins! Here's my only Frances II thaler, purchased from Hal Blackburn around 1981. Germany, Free City of Regensburg, Francis II, thaler, 1793.  KM 469 28.03 grams 5 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisB Posted March 22 · Patron Share Posted March 22 I have one similar to the OP. It looks much nicer than my crappy photos.  6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marsyas Mike Posted March 22 · Member Share Posted March 22 2 hours ago, ChrisB said: I have one similar to the OP. It looks much nicer than my crappy photos.  Wow - I've been collecting these for years (in a haphazard way) and I'd never seen a split-date/angel face mintmark reverse like this for Francis II - at first glance I thought it was one of the earlier types, or a mule. Now I want one! Here it is on Numista:  https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces28745.html Here is one of the earlier types, for Joseph, 1782...and no, it does not look any better in hand. The good thing is, I can wear it whenever I want to! Many of these old kronenthalers were holed or jewelry-mounted - I have several, since they sometimes sell for melt or less:   3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisB Posted March 23 · Patron Share Posted March 23 12 hours ago, Marsyas Mike said: The good thing is, I can wear it whenever I want to! Many of these old kronenthalers were holed or jewelry-mounted The reverse of mine has signs of having been mounted. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marsyas Mike Posted March 23 · Member Share Posted March 23 1 hour ago, ChrisB said: The reverse of mine has signs of having been mounted. I see that now - it would still be welcome in my collection! That's kind of scarce.  Those ex-mount solder blobs are kind of hard to see - here's a Salzburg thaler: Up close: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marsyas Mike Posted March 28 · Member Share Posted March 28 I seem to have kronenthaler fever. This just came in - minted in Milan, it is called a crocione, but it is to kronenthaler specifications. The Milan mint issues have FRANCISC on the obverse, and the engraving work in the legends are nicer (in my opinion - look at the numerals in the date). Too bad about the hole: Italy, Milan   1794 M Crocione Francis I (1792-1795) Milan Mint FRANCISC•II•D•G•R•I•S•A• GER•HIE•HVN•BOH•REX•M, laureate bust r. / ARCH•AVST• DVX•BVRG•LOTH•BRAB•COM•FLAN•1794, Burgundian cross with three crowns, Golden Fleece below (29.00 grams / 39 mm) (holed) eBay March 2024  KM 239 (C 59.1); Davenport 1390; Mont. 165; Gigante 13. Edge Lettering: LEGE ET FIDE  1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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