Austrian Thaler 1703

My opinion about these is that they tend to get twice the value listed in Krause. As I place yours in between F and VF something like $150 seems like a fair price to me, given $55 for F and $100 for VF in Krause. I collect these coins and bidding Krause valuations never gets me any of them.....

Yup, royalty used to wear huge puffy wigs

That's a 'Hogmouth' thaler. A nice one. It's a very popular coin, with lots of variations.
And it's no stretch to say that your specimen could bring ~250-300 on the 'bay. I've been outbid on a dozen of 'em. Finally landed one in a private sale.

epop I am way out of my comfort zone on this coin. I know that many of the Leopold minor issues were made on the rotary (or rocker) type presses so I stand to learn something here.

But since this is a Thaler, here goes anyway,

Based on what I see here - the surfaces have a "dead look", quite unlike most struck coins. It was however, the edge that initially drew my attention. There are lines crossing the edge that look like one of two thins - extraction scratches from a smooth collar (an impossible solution for 1703) or remnants of a "cookie cutter" die being used to cut out either the finished coin or the blank on which the coin was struck.

What I need (and we all need) here is an understanding of exactly how Austria struck and edged their thalers in 1703. By 1780 (the MMT's) there was a very well executed edge system in place. But how were they striking and edging thalers in 1703?

For me the coin looks "TOO ROUND" to have been made in any 1703 era press and I would believe that the edge would have been clipped to adjust final weight.