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1/2 Thaler - Alexander Sigismund of Pfalz-Neuburg
| Issuer | Bishopric of Augsburg |
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| Year | 1694 |
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| Currency | Thaler |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Bishop Alexander Sigismund of Pfalz-Neuburg facing right, wearing a long flowing wig with elaborate curls in the late Baroque style. The effigy is rendered in high relief with fine detail to the drapery and periwig. The circular legend is divided by the portrait and reads ALEX • SIG • D • G • - EPISC • AVGVST •, denoting his title as Bishop of Augsburg by the grace of God. The field is smooth and the coin is bordered by a fine toothed inner rim. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Alexander Sigismund of Pfalz-Neuburg was appointed Bishop of Augsburg in 1690, one of several ecclesiastical offices distributed among the prolific Pfalz-Neuburg dynasty through deliberate dynastic policy — his brother Johann Wilhelm was Elector Palatine, and the family had systematically placed members across the Empire's church hierarchy. The Bishopric's coinage of this decade reflects that political positioning: issues were struck with an authority that announced territorial legitimacy as much as anything else.
Forst/Schm#410 is the standard reference for this type, though examples in consistent strike quality are genuinely scarce — the Augsburg episcopal mint was not among the more prolific or technically refined operations of the period.