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1967, Austria. Large & Heavy 14k Gold "Maria Theresa Anniversary" Medal . 30gm!

Mint Year: 1967 Mint Place: Vienna (A) Condition: Cleaned/wiped, small scratch in right field, otherwise AU-UNC! Denomination: Gold Medal - 250th anniversary of the birth of Maria Theresia. Reference: Friedberg -, NAC 28, lot 286 var. (there in the size and weight of a ½ ducat, but with the same details!) Material: Gold (.585) Diameter: 40mm Weight: 30gm

Obverse: Standing crowned figure of Maria Theresia right, holding Imperial orb and scepter (similar to the gold ducat coinage of Hungary!). Legend: MARIA THERESIA • D • G REG • HUNG • ET • BOH • ARCHID • AUSTR •

Reverse: Nimbate crowned Madonna, seated in couds, holding nimbate Jesus child, stepping on crescent. Mint mark (A) and purity marking (585) punched in fields below! Comment: Crowned Arms of the Kingdom of Hungary (similar to the gold ducat coinage of Hungary) below! Legend: *NATA • 13 • V • MDCCXVII • MORT • 29 • XI • MDCCLXXX • VINDOB •

Maria Theresa (German: Maria Theresia, see also names in other languages; May 13, 1717 – November 29, 1780) was the Archduchess regnant of Austria, Queen regnant of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia, and a Holy Roman Empress by marriage.

Maria Theresa helped initiate financial and educational reforms, promoted commerce and the development of agriculture, and reorganized the army, all of which strengthened Austria's resources. Continued conflict with the Kingdom of Prussia led to the Seven Years' War and later to the War of the Bavarian Succession. She became dowager empress after the death of her husband Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor and accession of her son Joseph as emperor in 1765.

Maria Theresa criticised many of Joseph's actions but agreed to the First Partition of Poland (1772). A key figure in the power politics of 18th century Europe, Maria Theresa brought unity to the Habsburg Monarchy and was considered one of its most capable rulers. Her 16 children also included Marie Antoinette, queen consort of France, and Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor.

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