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1/2 Thaler - Max Gandolf von Kuenburg Hall, Countermarked
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Salzburg |
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| Year | 1681 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Armoured half-length effigy of Ferdinand facing right, wearing a crown and holding a sceptre in the right hand, contained within a plain inner circle. The legend, rendered in Latin, runs around the periphery commencing at 12 o'clock. A rectangular Salzburg countermark, punched into the field and incorporating the date in split form '16S81', is applied over the host coin's obverse, authenticating its continued circulation under Archbishop Max Gandolf von Kuenburg. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Max Gandolf von Kuenburg, Archbishop from 1668 to 1687, oversaw the forcible expulsion of Protestants from the Defereggen Valley in 1684 — one of the most aggressive Counter-Reformation campaigns in the Alpine region. The countermark on this half thaler places it squarely within his administration, applied to existing coinage as a revalidation measure rather than a new striking, a practice the Salzburg mint used periodically to extend the monetary life of older silver without full recoinage.
The Zöttl reference situates this among a documented series of Hall-struck pieces that passed through Salzburg's monetary authority. Hall in Tyrol was a prolific silver mint drawing directly on nearby mines.