Please Help Me In This Maria Theresa Thaler

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majnon New Member Saudi Arabia 4 Posts	Posted 05/18/2010 09:51 am Good Day All A very close friend gave me this and asked me if there is a way to know what is it so I searched the net and found out that its MARIA THERESA THALER, but there is no year or any thing , so if any one know what this is please give me some knowledge Also ist worth something or nothing Thanks allot .... Report this Post to the Staff

biokemist6 Bedrock of the Community United States 12437 Posts	Posted 05/18/2010 11:40 am The Maria Theresa Thaler was used as a "world currency" for many decades and was still used in North Africa and the Middle East through the first half of the 20th century. Thalers have the date of 1780 on the reverse but the vast majority seen today are not contemporary to that time period and several hundred million have been minted since 1780 so most seen are only worth a little over silver value. There are subtle design differences that can be used to determine a time period but yours is encased in some sort of mounting that prevents the viewing of the reverse. I cannot tell you what time period it is from but even if yours was not a modern piece, the mounting would kill the numismatic value as it almost certainly has damaged the coin. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16862 Posts	Posted 05/18/2010 8:46 pm It's probably worth far more as a native piece of jewellery than the coin would be, even if the coin were undamaged. Maria Theresa thalers were most commonly traded in the lands on either side of the Red Sea: the southern Arabian peninsula and the coast of Eritrea and Somalia. Pendants of this style seem to be commonly made in Yemen; see this website. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
majnon New Member Saudi Arabia 4 Posts	Posted 05/22/2010 1:37 pm biokemist6, Thank you so much for the reply and the informations I will talk with my friend and inform him of what you said. Sorry for taking some time to answer your contribution was highly appreciated (^_^) .. Edited by majnon 05/22/2010 1:40 pm Report this Post to the Staff
majnon New Member Saudi Arabia 4 Posts	Posted 05/22/2010 1:39 pm Sap, Thank you for the reply and also the link that you posted, I will pass it on to my friend .. Sorry for the late reply your contribution was highly appreciated. (^_^) Report this Post to the Staff
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