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so who was Maria Teresa and why was she
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important to European
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Mary teresia was one of the most
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important rulers for Austrian history
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she was born in 711 and died in 7080 and
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her Reign was um about 4 40 years um she
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ruled in Austria Hungary and Bohemia and
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um she was very very important for the
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Austrian history she's known um for her
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together with her son Joseph II um who
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was actually also her coiner they made a
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lot of reforms um for example for the
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school system and therefore she's well
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today and also a lot of her medals are
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about this scenes collectors probably
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the world round are very familiar with
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the the Maria Thea valer but were there
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other coins that are metals that were
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struck during her Reign that were
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significant Mary teresia was the first
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who invented copper coinage for Austrian
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history she also was the first who
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invented paper money in Austria and of
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course Maria teres inala is maybe one of
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the most important best known coins from
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history so recently the Austrian Min
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made a discovery of some original dyes
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uh from Maria theresia's time what can
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you tell me about these pieces we have a
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large collection of the dce from the
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main mint in in her rain which was
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placed in Vienna and these these dyes
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are very um important because they were
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made by hand and um you can
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see some signatures from um engravers on
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the St and what's really fascinating for
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the um the metal dyes from the reign of
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Maria theresia which are now hold in
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Vienna they come from the um main mint
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from this time which was also placed in
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Vienna and they are very interesting to
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see today because the engraving is very
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precise and there are also some
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signatures from medalists on this old um
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and you also have a um an exhibit
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showing the uh family tree of the thar
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um Halen where the first um tala was
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invented in the late 15th century um is
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part of Austria and therefore it's
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important for us to show the evolution
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of Talus which um actually is um born in
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Austria and and and it was such an
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influential coin that it continued to C
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circulate well into the 20th century in
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different parts of the world the Maria
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is actually till the 20th century um
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part of accepted currency in part parts
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of the world so for example in Ethiopia
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you could um pay with the merary in tala
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till I think um middle of the 20th
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century and therefore it's an incredible
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coin very good well thank you very much
