1 Ducaton - Maria Theresia Type 1
1 Ducaton - Maria Theresia (Type 1) - obverse1 Ducaton - Maria Theresia (Type 1) - reverse

Features
Issuer Austrian Netherlands (Belgium)
Empress Maria Theresa (1740-1780)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 1749-1752
Value 1 Ducaton (7⁄2)
Currency Florin (1744-1798)
Composition Silver (.862)
Weight 33.2 g
Diameter 40.5 mm
Thickness 2.9 mm
Shape Round
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized Yes
Number N#28198Help
References KM# 8, Herinek 1740-1969# 1890, 1896, Dav EC III# 1280, 1281, Delmonte S# 375, 377

Obverse
Bust right with earring.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
MAR : TH : D : G : R : JMP : G : HUN : BOH : R ·
R.

Unabridged legend: Maria Teresia Dei Gratia Romanorum Imperatrix Germaniae Hungariae Bohemiaeque Regina

Translation: Maria Theresa by God's grace Empress of the Romans, Queen of Germany, Hungary, Bohemia ...

Engraver: Jacques Roëttiers

Reverse
Crowned quartered arms, small crowned shield of Austria-Burgundy at center, in baroque frame, mint mark and date below.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ARCH · AUS · DUX BURG · BRAB · C · FL ·
1750

Unabridged legend: Archiducisa Austriae Ducisa Burgundiae Brabantiaeque Comitisa Flandriae

Translation: Archduchess of Austria, Duchess of Burgundy, Brabant, Countess of Flanders.

Engraver: Jacques Roëttiers

Edge
Latin inscriptions in relief and separated each time by the set fleuron-losange-fleuronAutomatically translated

Lettering: JUSTITIA ET CLEMENTIA

Mints
lion Bruges, Belgium (864-1754)
main Antwerp, Belgium (600-1814)
Comments
Davenport and Krause separate these coins according to workshop (Dav#1280 and KM#8, hand for Antwerp, Dav#1281 and KM#8.2 lion for Bruges).
The subdivision we've chosen here is linked to the portrait, with or without earring, and to different legend characters and sizes.
The 1749 issue includes all silver ducatons struck in 1749, 1750 and 1751.
The Antwerp workshop struck this type of ducaton from 1749 to 1754 (see type II)