Beyond the Mainstream: Silver Bullion Before Silver Bullion Coins – the Maria Theresa Thaler
Move over, Silver Eagle—the Maria Theresa Thaler was the world’s first “bullion coin,” prized for beauty, purity, and an unbroken legacy dating back to 1780.
Plenty of us have gotten into collecting United States one-ounce silver Eagles in the past few decades. Perhaps as many of us have expanded into some of the other well-known silver, one-ounce bullion coins, like the Canadian Maple Leafs, the Austrian Philharmoniker, or the Chinese Pandas.
All of these and several other bullion coins have definitely become mainstream collecting thrusts for both collectors and investors. But there is a large, silver coin that pre-dates them all, and that actually still finds use in some parts of the world as a store of wealth in silver.
This one may qualify as beyond the mainstream. We’re talking about the Maria Theresa thaler.
Maria Theresa was one of those powerful women in history who ended up in a position most people of her day considered a “man’s job.
Author's summary: Discover the Maria Theresa Thaler, a historic silver bullion coin.
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