AUSTRIA-Paar Thaler 1771 (1781) Prince Johann Wenzel. Variety with edge inscription. NGC MS 60

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Certification details

Certification number: 8590319-010

Grade: MS 60

NGC collectible ID: 264113

Nominal value: TALER

Mint Mark: AUSTRIA

Variety: PAAR DAV-1193 LETTER EDGE

Year: 1771(1781)

1771, Austria, Paar, Prince Johann Wenzel. Silver Thaler Coin. NGC MS-60!

Mint Year: 1771
Mint Place: Vienna
Denomination: Thaler
Reference: Davenport 1193, Holzmair 65b, KM-2.
Condition: Certified and graded by NGC as MS-60!
Mintage: 200 pcs. (500 additional pieces were struck during 1781, possibly the variety without edge lettering).
Material: Silver (.833)
Diameter: 42mm
Weight: 28gm

Obverse: Draped bust of Johann Wenzel, 1st Prince Paar, right.
Legend: IOH . WEN . S . R . IMP . PRINCEPS A . PAAR .
Translated: "Johann Wenzel, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire at Paar."

Reverse: Imperial crown above nimbate double-headed imperial eagle with crowned composite shield at chest, surmounted by the Maria Theresa Order.
Legend: S . I . AUL . REG . HER . & . P . GE . H . POST . MAG .
Translated: "... Supreme Hereditary Emperor of the Empire and Royal Court & Hereditary Postmaster General throughout Germany."

Edge Isncription: ECANDIDE - TE - FELICITER
Translated: "May you live openly and successfully."



The House of Paar is a historic Austrian princely family. Its members ran the postal services for the Habsburg empire for nearly 300 years. The family earned the title of Count in 1636 and Prince in 1769. The family built the famous Palais Paar in Vienna.



Wenzel Johann Joseph, 1st Prince Paar (7 August 1719 – 7 July 1792) was Austrian aristocrat who served as Chamberlain and Supreme Imperial, Court and General Hereditary Postmaster.

Paar was born on 7 August 1719 in Vienna, Archduchy of Austria. He was the son of Count Johann Leopold Paar (1693–1741) and Countess Marie Theresia Violanta von Sternberg (1699–1761). Through his parents' marriage, the Paar family inherited large estates in Bohemia, including the allodial lordship of Bechin and the adjoining allodial estate of Draschitz, where they spent most of their time.

His paternal grandparents were Count Karl Joseph Paar and Countess Maria Renata von Sternberg. His paternal grandparents were Johann Joseph von Sternberg and Marie Violanta Theresia von Preysing.

With his wife, he held important positions at Court; they accompanied Marie Antoinette (daughter of Emperor Francis I and Empress Maria Theresa) to France for her marriage to the Dauphin of France, the future King Louis XVI.

A friend of and patron of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as early as 1762, he invited the young Mozart to his palace in Vienna. When Mozart moved to Vienna permanently in 1784, Paar attended his famous concerts and their correspondence has been preserved from that time.[4][5] In 1786, a number of Mozart's friends from Bohemia, including the famous singer Josepha Duschek, gave a concert at the Paar Palace in Vienna.

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