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1/2 Thaler - Joseph I Prague
| Issuer | Kingdom of Bohemia |
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| Year | 1709-1710 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse lettering | IOSEPHUS·D:G: // ROM:IMP: // SEMP:AU: |
| Reverse description | Crowned double-headed imperial eagle displayed, holding an orb and sceptre in its talons, with the Bohemian lion on an escutcheon at the centre of the eagle's breast. The date is divided at the top of the field flanking the crown, and the mintmaster's mark (PM) appears below, dividing the reverse legend. A beaded inner border surrounds the design. |
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Joseph I inherited the Bohemian crown as part of the Habsburg composite monarchy but faced the War of the Spanish Succession consuming imperial finances throughout his reign. The Prague mint operated under considerable strain during 1709–1710, with silver supply disrupted by wartime requisitioning and the broader economic exhaustion of the Nine Years' War's aftermath still weighing on Central European minting capacity.
Joseph died in April 1711 from smallpox, aged 32, cutting short a reign of just six years and triggering a succession crisis that ultimately brought his brother Charles VI to the throne. KM#642 is consequently a short-reign type with a narrow two-year production window.