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Bamberg, 1795

German States - Bamberg. Taler, 1795. Dav-1939; Helm-896 var; KM-146, 28.03 grams, MS64 NGC. Franz Ludwig Von Erthal, 1779-1795.

Obverse Description : Crowned arms within crowned mantle;

Description Reverse: Legend within wreath, date divided; ZUM BESTEN DES VATERLANDS in wreath, BAM - BERG above, ZEHN EINE FEINE MARK below Translates to: TO the BEST NATIVE COUNTRY in wreath, BAM - MOUNTAIN above, TEN a FINE MARK

Essentially protection money paid to the invading French army.

History of coin subject "Franz Ludwig von Erthal ": Franz Ludwig von Erthal - Prince-Bishop of W?rzburg and Bamberg, b. at Lohr on the Main, 16 September, 1730; d. at W?rzburg, 16 February, 1795. After studying theology at Mainz, W?rzburg, and Rome, and jurisprudence at Vienna he became president of the secular Government of W?rzburg in 1762. When he was sent in 1768 as Ambassador to Vienna to get the imperial investiture for Adam Friedrich, Count von Seinsheim, the Prince-Bishop of W?rzburg, Emperor Joseph II made him imperial privy councillor and inspector of the Imperial Chamber (Supreme Court of the empire) at Wetzlar. In 1776 he took part as imperial commissioner in the Diet of Ratisbon. He succeeded Adam Friedrich as Prince-Bishop of W?rzburg, 18 March, 1779, and as Prince-Bishop of Bamberg on the following 12 April. His rule was a blessing for Church and State. Being himself deeply religious he endeavoured to imbue his clergy and people with the spirit of true faith and piety. As far as the Church and his episcopal position permitted, he yielded to the rationalistic tendencies of the age, but was a stanch defender of papal rights against the adherents of Febronianism. As temporal ruler he never allowed personal considerations to outweigh the welfare of the people, and used his private means for the erection and improvement of charitable institutions.

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Brunswick-Luneburg, 1760

1760 Germany - Brunswick-Luneburg. George II of England Taler 1760-IWS, D-2089A, Calenberg-Hannover, 28.95 grams, MS64 NGC, attractively toned with sharp details including St. Andrew carrying the saltire cross. DAV-2089A

History of coin subject "George II ": George II - King of Great Britain in full George Augustus, German Georg August, also called (1706–27) marquess and duke of Cambridge born Nov. 10 [Oct. 30, Old Style], 1683, Herrenhausen Palace, Hanover died Oct. 25, 1760, London

king of Great Britain and elector of Hanover from 1727 to 1760. Although he possessed sound political judgment, his lack of self-confidence caused him to rely heavily on his ministers, most notable of whom was Sir Robert Walpole. George Augustus was the only son of the German prince George Louis, elector of Hanover (King George I of Great Britain from 1714 to 1727). George II and his son Frederick Louis, prince of Wales, quarrelled, and the prince became a leader of an antiadministration faction. By 1742 these dissidents were strong enough to force Walpole to resign. George II quickly found another mentor in John Carteret (later Earl Granville), whose haughty ways proved unpopular in political circles. The two men brought England into the War of the Austrian Succession (1740–48), and in doing so they gave their opponents an opportunity to charge them with subordinating the interests of England to the needs of George’s German possessions. In November 1744 George bowed to parliamentary pressure and accepted Carteret’s resignation. Fifteen months later the king’s ministers, by resigning (temporarily) en masse, forced George to accept into office Carteret’s chief opponent, William Pitt (later earl of Chatham). During the last decade of his life George II’s interest in politics declined. He was little more than an observer of the events of the Seven Years’ War (1756–63) against France, for it was Pitt who devised the brilliant strategy that eventually brought about a British victory. George died suddenly and was succeeded by his grandson (son of Frederick Louis) King George III.

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Charles VI, 1725

Austria, Charles VI, Taler, 1725, Hall, (Karl VI)laureate, draped cuirassed bust right with large epaulettes, Reverse: Crowned double headed eagle (Dav 1054; Vog.259/III)

History of coin subject "Charles VI": Charles VI - Holy Roman emperor, born Oct. 1, 1685, Vienna, Austria died Oct. 20, 1740, Vienna.

Holy Roman emperor from 1711 and, as Charles III, archduke of Austria and king of Hungary. As pretender to the throne of Spain (as Charles III), he attempted unsuccessfully to reestablish the global empire of his 16th-century ancestor Charles V. He was the author of the Pragmatic Sanction, intended to enable his daughter Maria Theresa to succeed him after the extinction of the direct male line of the House of Habsburg.

The second son of the emperor Leopold I, Charles was a claimant to the Spanish throne when it became vacant on the death of Charles II in 1700. After the outbreak of the War of the Spanish Succession (1701), most of Germany, as well as England, the United Provinces of the Netherlands, and Portugal, recognized Charles. From 1704 to 1711 he attempted to impose his rule but succeeded only in Catalonia. On the death of his elder brother, the emperor Joseph I, in 1711, he inherited all the Austrian territories. Thereupon his allies, unwilling to tolerate a reestablishment of the empire of Charles V, abandoned him and recognized Philip V of Bourbon as king of Spain by the Treaty of Utrecht (1713). Charles, who had been elected Holy Roman emperor in 1711, was forced to leave Spain but continued the war against France until 1714, when, by the Treaty of Rastatt, he gained territories in Italy in partial compensation for the loss of Spain. His Spanish advisers, however, continued to exercise great influence for a number of years. After the return of peace in the West, he conducted a highly successful war against the Ottoman Empire (1716–18), which resulted in great gains in Hungary and Serbia. He further strengthened his empire by founding the lucrative Ostend Company (1722–31), which was finally abandoned under English and Dutch pressure, and he expanded the port of Trieste. Toward the end of his reign Austria’s fortunes declined. Charles lost the War of the Polish Succession (1733–38), and a new conflict with Turkey (1736–39) resulted in the loss of most southeastern territories gained in 1718.

Charles’s chief concern at this time was, however, the regulation of the Habsburg succession. As early as 1713 he had promulgated the Pragmatic Sanction, whereby Austria’s lands were to pass undivided to his female heirs in the absence of male progeny. As his only son died early, he bequeathed his inheritance to his eldest daughter, Maria Theresa. Fighting strenuously to wrest agreement from the European powers, he seemed at the time of his death to have accomplished his purpose. But his expectation proved illusory: Maria Theresa was forced to fight several wars before she could establish herself securely as her father’s heiress.

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Ferdinand Wilhelm Eusebius, 1696

GERMANY, Schwarzenburg. Ferdinand Wilhelm Eusebius. 1683-1703. GERMANY, Schwarzenburg. Ferdinand Wilhelm Eusebius. 1683-1703. Silver Thaler. Dated 1696. Obverse: Jugate bare-headed, draped busts of Ferdinand and Maria Anna right. Reverse: Crowned and mantled arms -the left of which portrays a raven plucking out the eyes of a Turk! Davenport 7702.

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Leopold I, 1698

AUSTRIA. Leopold I as Holy Roman Emperor. 1658-1705. AR Taler. Hall mint. Dated 1698. LEOPOLDVS D G ROM IMP SE A G H B REX, laureate armored bust right / ARCHID AVST DVX BV COM TYR 1698, crowned imperial arms within Order of the Golden Fleece. Davenport 3245; KM 644.4.

History of coin subject "Leopold I ": Holy Roman emperor during whose lengthy reign (1658???1705) Austria emerged from a series of struggles with the Turks and the French to become a great European power, in which monarchical absolutism and administrative centralism gained ascendancy.

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