Leopold I, 1655 King of Hungary, 1656 King of Bohemia, 1658-1705 Emperor. 10 Ducats 1687, Bania Mare (Nagybánya/Frauenbach or Neustadt) mint, mint master Leopold Mittermayr, AV 44 mm, 34.75 g. Struck from the taler dies. LEOPOLDVS D G ROM IMP S A G HVNGARI REX Laureate, armoured bust right, cloak draped over shoulder, with chain of the Order of the Golden Fleece, a stylized lion's head on the shoulder. Rev. S IMMACVLATA VIR MAR - MAT DIE PAT HVNGA 1687 Madonna and Child in a circle of rays, to each side the mint mark N–B and the mint master’s initials L–M; crowned Hungarian shield of arms below. F. (Transylvania) 141; Huszar 1280 (R17). Extremely rare. Almost extremely fine with traces of lustre NGC AU 58 Top Pop (2188230-001) Ex J. Schulman, Amsterdam sale 9.10.1933 ('Collection remarquable de monnaies et médailles d'or formée par un Amateur néederlandais distingué'), 201 - purchased through Ciani. Ex Siegmund Nagel coll., Otto Helbing Nachfolger, München sale 14.4.1913, 2929. The mint master’s initials, LM, stand for Leopold Mittermayr von Waffenberg, who served as mint master in Bania Mare from 1674 to 1677. He subsequently held the office of Warden in Kremnica (Körmöcbánya/Kremnitz) until his death in 1684. Apparently, the dies for the 1675 taler were used to strike this gold coin, with the year being re-cut. Please find here the video of the coin