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Wineskin solid silver punch Minerva, with room Thaler of Maria Theresa of Austria in 1779, nineteenth

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Wineskin solid silver punch Minerva, with room Thaler of Maria Theresa of Austria in 1779, nineteenth

Wineskin in sterling silver, stamped Minerva (2nd title) and punch goldsmith EV, a room decorated with the "Maria Theresa thaler *" (dated 1779) in the background, vintage late nineteenth and early twentieth century.
 

Taste this wine is in good condition. The room is eighteenth century, taste wine late nineteenth and early twentieth century.

A report: some scratches and normal wear, see photos.

* The thaler of Maria Theresa:

Coin Austro-Hungarian used in international trade since his first hit in 1751. It bears the name of the Archduchess of Austria and Queen of Hungary, Maria Theresa Ière.Cette piece enjoyed a wide circulation. Thalers were used in many German states (Bremen, Brunswick, Hanover, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Oldenburg, Prussia, Saxony), as well as many Swiss cantons. Until the early twentieth century it was not unusual to see circulated in the bazaars of the Middle East. At the death of the Empress Maria Theresa in 1780, a very large stock of Austrian thalers, which came to be stricken, was sold to small monarchies in the region of Yemen, and were used as currency in North Yemen until 1960, and in Abyssinia. Since the death of Maria Theresa, the coin bears the date of continually "1780." However, long hit by various capitals ("Birmingham, Bombay, Brussels, London, Paris, Rome and Utrecht, in addition to the workshop Habsburg Hall, Günzburg, Kremnica Karlsburg, Milan, Prague and Vienna"), it Reproduction is prohibited by a country other than Austria since 1946.

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  • Diamètre 7,6 cm
  • Weight 84 grammes