Austria Thaler and Half Thaler 1806 to 1835

Fantastic coin, Todd. If your coin measures 38 mm in diameter, or about that, you have an old thaler from Austria. A smaller coin would be a half thaler. These big silver coins are well sought by collectors.

THALER: 38 mm diameter, 0.752 troy ounces silver
HALF THALER: 33 mm diameter, 0.376 ounces silver

The coin in the picture is from Coin House SESAM Basel and is on sale for about $100 US dollars. If yours is in worse shape, with more wear and scratches, value will come down from there. In better shape, the value would easily reach several $100. If you are selling one, figure that dealers would pay about one-half of these retail values.

Two caveats apply to all valuable coins:

1. NEVER CLEAN A COIN. CLEANING RUINS VALUE.
2. Be aware that counterfeits abound. Don't deal with untrusted sources.

The coin in the picture is typical for this series of thaler. Most dates and mint marks are worth about:

THALERS, MOST DATES
worn: $60
average circulated: $120
well preserved: $250
fully uncirculated: $450

HALF THALERS, MOST DATES
worn: $40
average circulated: $90
well preserved: $200
fully uncirculated: $450

There are a several rare dates and mint marks:

THALER SPECIAL DATES
1806A - extremely rare
1809B - $500 when average circulated
1812A and C - $350 when average circulated
1813C - $350 average circulated
1814B - extremely rare
1819B - extremely rare
1820B - extremely rare
1822V - $700 when average circulated
1824A and C (Head with short hair)- extremely rare
1827B - $300 average circulated

1831A thalers are interesting. If the ribbon on the emperor's wreath goes forward across his neck, the coins are common and catalog at the usual values.
However, if the ribbon hangs down behind the emperor's net, the 1831A thaler catalogs at $800 when average circulated.
These little differences are what get collector juices flowing!

HALF THALER SPECIAL DATES
1822B - $360 when average circulated
1826G - $400
1827B - $500
1827C - $400
1830E - $450

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Coin: 1458, Genre: Central Europe North South, Timeline: World
Created (yyyymm): 200909, Last review: 201706
Appearance: Normal round coin Metallic gray Letters: Latin
Years: sort: 1806, filter: 1806 to 1835
Image: austria_thaler_1819.jpg
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