W. C a r e w H a z l i t t Coinage of the European Continent

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336 The Coins of Europe
Tyrol, had been governed by independent counts since the
thirteenth century. We have before us a denarius of Count
Meinhard, who died in 1295, probably struck at
Meran. The most celebrated coins associated
with this district are the dickthaler and half thaler of the
Arch-Duke Sigismund, 1484, the thaler of Maximilian I.,
1486, both from the mint at Hall, near Innspruck, and
apparently by the same artist, and the convention-money of
1 809 issued during the struggle of Andreas Hofer against
Napoleon. The half dickthaler of 1484 is peculiarly rare,
and its existence has been questioned.
1
Goritz, now part of the province of Illyria, possessed
during many centuries its own counts and its separate coinage ;
and some of the earlier copper pieces of Austrian
Gontz or
or jgi nj next to those of Styria, belong here. A
soldo of Charles VI., 1733,
is without legend, but
bears the
is
recognised from the arms. The money usually
crowned shield on obverse, and the value and date in a
cartouche on reverse. But Maria Theresa substituted her
portrait on some of the pieces, and Francis II.
changed the
shield. The value was originally in soldi, afterwards in
soldi and kreutzer. The 15 soldi of 1802 was for Goritz.
These divisions of the empire, united in 951, had their
independent princes and currencies from a very remote date,
and even after their incorporation with Austria a
Istria and ... . . .
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Carinthia. special coinage. The early princes struck con-
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Istrien and vention-money in alliance with their neighbours
Kaernthen.
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and the Counts of the Tyrol but the later Dukes
;
of Carinthia possessed three mints Voelkermarkt, Landestrost,
and Saint-Veit. There are also thalers of the Rosenberg
family.
The authority to strike money, conferred on the patriarchs
by the Emperor Louis II. in 856,
is not known to
have been carried into effect so far as any extant
are concerned. The known
identifiable pieces
coinage, limited to danari, oboli, piccoli, and bagattini,
1
One occurred at the Dillon sale, 1892, in lot 445. It exactly corresponds in
type and module with the thaler.