1 Thaler - Leopold V 1621-1625 front 1 Thaler - Leopold V 1621-1625 back
1 Thaler - Leopold V 1621-1625 photo
© Florent Minot - Archéologie Alsace

1 Thaler - Leopold V

 
Silver 28.5 g 40 mm
Description
Issuer
Landgraviate of Upper Alsace (Austrian States)
Landgrave
Leopold V (1620-1633)
Type
Standard circulation coin
Years
1621-1625
Value
1 Thaler
Currency
Thaler (1425-1634)
Composition
Silver
Weight
28.5 g
Diameter
40 mm
Shape
Round
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized
Yes
Updated
2024-10-04
References
Numista
N#180504
Rarity index
93%

Reverse

Crowned composite arms, Hungary, Bohemia, Austria/Burgundy and Tyrol/Habsburg, below Ferrette (Phirt) and at centre Upper Alsace. Beaded circle around.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
RELIQ ARCHID GVBERNAT PLEN ET COM TIR LAN ALS
ou LA ALS
ou LA AL

Unabridged legend: Reliqus Archidux Gubernator Plenus Et Comes Tirolis Landgraviatus Alsatiae

Edge

Plain

Comment

Many variants documented by Klemetsch prticularly for 1621 and 1625.
2 variants by Krause pooled here, KM#257.2 and 257.3
Ex. for 1625. Reverse legend LA AL, from the dépôt monétaire d'Ensisheim: