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Yes @Coinery I hadn't really paid much attention to the variety before, but mine I believe is S2596 with the smaller rose and the elaborately decorated dress. The OP is S2594 I think with the larger rose and the plain dress. The latter is slightly scarcer. @Citizen H I see no problems with yours being fake. If you look at the form of the 5 in the date, it is the same on both examples. I don't know if it is still the case, but the main giveaway for the fakes was a blundered terminal to the cross fourchee. This was discussed somewhere on this forum at least 5 years ago.

I’d say yours is genuine, H…and yours is a different bust, Paddy, not the same Spink number as the OP

Hello Paddy, yours is in really good condition, I did wonder about fakes, on mine the No 5 looks suspect & the lower bust looks different...or just rubbed out ??!??!?! I did look into the Milling of the coins with the artists impression of how these were made.....Most Interesting read. Many thanks "H"

I love the designs of thalers. The quality of striking is often so much better than the English crowns of the same age. I like your 1604 Saxony thaler!