1/2 Thaler - Ferdinand II Joachimsthal

Ferdinand II's Bohemian coinage of the early 1620s falls squarely within the monetary chaos that followed the Battle of White Mountain in 1620 and the subsequent Kipper- und Wipperzeit — a debasement crisis so severe that the Habsburg administration essentially handed minting rights to a private consortium, the "Münzkonsortium," which included Albrecht von Wallenstein. Joachimsthal, one of Bohemia's oldest and most productive silver-mining centers, continued striking through this period, though the consortium years generated enormous controversy over fineness and short-weight output.

KM#350 spans a six-year window, meaning individual pieces will vary in die workmanship as the political and financial pressure on the mints shifted year to year.