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1/2 Thaler - Ferdinand I Linz
| Issuer | Habsburg Monarchy |
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| Year | 1536 |
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| Value | 1/2 Thaler |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A large double-headed imperial eagle displayed in the center of the field, with wings spread and detailed feather work rendered in the hammered style typical of early sixteenth-century German coinage. The eagle's breast bears a quartered heraldic shield displaying the arms of the Habsburg dominions. The surrounding Latin legend, divided by the eagle's wings, reads REX INF HISPA ARC HID AVSTRIE DXX BV, proclaiming Ferdinand's titles as Infante of Spain, Archduke of Austria, and Duke of Burgundy. The design is enclosed within a beaded inner circle with a plain outer rim. |
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Ferdinand I convened the Linz mint specifically to address coin shortages in Upper Austria during the 1530s, a period when his attention was divided between consolidating Habsburg control over Bohemia and Hungary and the persistent Ottoman threat following Suleiman's siege of Vienna in 1529. Linz production was never large-scale and operated intermittently, which accounts for the comparative scarcity of surviving half thalers from this facility relative to the Hall or Joachimsthal output of the same reign.
Markl 424 is a recognized rarity within the Ferdinand I thaler series.