1 Thaler round metal bottle opener with portrait of Maria Theresia / coat of arms of Maria Theresia

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## 1780 Maria Theresia 1 Thaler

M・THERESIA・D・G・R・IMP・HU・BO・REG

ARCHID・AVST・DUX・ BURG・CO・TYR・1780・X

View from the front with the portrait of Maria Theresia

View from the backside with the coat of arms of Maria Theresia

## Further information

### Type

Coin, Famous personality, Round metal bottle opener

## Registry

### No. in colection

1235

Round metal bottle opener made to look like a **1 Thaler** with the portrait of Maria Theresia from 1780. The front shows the **portrait of Empress Maria Theresia**, surrounded by the inscription "**M・THERESIA・D・G・R・IMP・HU・BO・REG・**", meaning "*Maria Theresia, Dei Gratia, Romanorum Imperatrix, Hungariae Bohemiaeque Regina*" (EN: "*Maria-Theresia, by the Grace of God, Roman Empress, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia*"). The backside shows the **coat of arms of Maria Theresia**, surrounded by the inscription "**ARCHID・AVST・DUX・ BURG・CO・TYR・1780・X**", meaning "*Archidux Austriae, Dux Burgundiae, Comes Tyrolis*" (EN: "*Archduchess of Austria, duchess of Burgundy, comtess of Tyrol*"). There are ornamental dots decorating the head of the bottle opener on both sides.

The *1 Deutsche Mark*, *1 Pfennig*, *10 Pfennigs*, etc. coins are often used as the base for round metal bottle openers, with one side of the opener having a "copy" of the coin and the other side housing an advertisement for whatever company produced it. For this reason we have created a category page for bottle openers made to look like coins.

## Trivia

### Thaler

A **thaler** (also **taler**, from German: *Taler*) is one of the large silver coins minted in the states and territories of the Holy Roman Empire and the Habsburg monarchy during the Early Modern period. A thaler size silver coin has a diameter of about 40 mm and a weight of about 25 to 30 grams. The word is shortened from Joachimsthaler, the original thaler coin minted in Joachimstal, Bohemia, from 1518.

While the first standard coin of the Holy Roman Empire was the Guldengroschen of 1524, its longest-lived coin was the Reichsthaler (Reichstaler), which contained 1⁄9 Cologne Mark of fine silver (or 25.984 g), and which was issued in various versions from 1566 to 1875. From the 17th century a lesser-valued North German thaler currency unit emerged, which by the 19th century became par with the Vereinsthaler.

### Empress Maria Theresia

**Maria Theresa Walburga Amalia Christina** (German: *Maria Theresia*; 13 May 1717 – 29 November 1780) was the only female ruler of the Habsburg dominions and the last of the House of Habsburg. She was the sovereign of Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Bohemia, Transylvania, Mantua, Milan, Lodomeria and Galicia, the Austrian Netherlands, and Parma. By marriage, she was Duchess of Lorraine, Grand Duchess of Tuscany and Holy Roman Empress.

## See also

* Thaler (Wikipedia)
* Empress Maria Theresia (Wikipedia)
* The 1780 Maria Theresia 1 Thaler on numista.com
* 1 Thaler round metal bottle opener with portrait of Maria Theresia / blank backside
* Old flat multifunctional metal bottle opener with lozenge ◊ pattern
* Other bottle openers with portraits of famous personalities in our collection
* Other bottle openers made to look like coins in our collection
* Other round metal bottle openers in our collection