1/2 Thaler - Charles VI Kuttenberg

Charles VI never fully consolidated Bohemian loyalty after the War of Spanish Succession, and his domestic coinage program — including this Kuttenberg issue — was partly a deliberate assertion of imperial authority over a kingdom that had backed rival claimants within living memory. The Kuttenberg mint, operating from the historic silver-mining town of Kutná Hora, was one of the few Bohemian facilities still striking thalers of this size by the second decade of the eighteenth century.

Herinek 508 is a recognized variety, and genuine examples frequently show uneven luster across the fields due to the aging equipment at Kuttenberg by this period.