An ornament of our Silesian mint offer.
Uncommon in the trade denomination of the Wroclaw mint - a half thaler.
Noticeably rarer than the Silesian thalers of this ruler. Regardless of the vintage, which is emphatically confirmed by the archives of auction houses. In Polish archives there is only one Breslau half-taler out of as many as fourteen vintages of their minting for Ferdinand III, and it is a 2015 listing (and it is not that vintage)! In the international Coinarchives database, the 1655 vintage was not listed at all!
How scarce, small the issue of this vintage was is emphatically demonstrated by how long the stamps in question were used. The obverse stamp was first used in 1653, and it served precisely until 1655. Even more interesting in this regard is the reverse stamp. It was prepared in 1647, as evidenced by the date numerals pierced on the stamp (47 by 55)! Judging by the fact that not a single semi-talar of 1647 is known, it probably lay in storage at the mint until it was decided to use it again in 1655. This also explains the initials (M-I) present on the coin, which belonged to the 1637-1646 mintmaster Michael John.
Nice, natural state of preservation. Coin without unusual defects. With a very nice reverse. Obverse with a weaker presence, but resulting from the late stage of the stamp's use, as can be seen from its cracks.
At the bottom of the reverse, the mark of Jerzy Reichart (a swan in an ornate oval shield) of the mintmaster of the Wroclaw mint.
Rarity.
A singular value.
Silver, diameter 38 mm, weight 14.17 g.
