It is a Maria Theresa Thaler. These are famous coins and many re-strikes have been produced since 1780. Some members here know quite a bit about these. Here is a link for some more information http://www.theresia.name/en/
Looks like this one's been drilled and plugged, as well as stickytaped. Probably only worth bullion value (there's a touch over 3/4 of an ounce of silver there).
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There are many variants to this coin, from what I can make out from the images this coin appears to be one of the later variants from @1853-present. I would say this coin is circa 1900-1920
quote:And why would someone have drilled a hole through it? To make a necklace?
Rather too large of a coin for a necklace. It looks like there may three points of attachment to some kind of jewelry on the reverse. It could have been part of a money clip.
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