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1/2 Thaler - Maximilian III
| Issuer | Teutonic Order (German States) |
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| Year | 1612 |
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| Value | 1/2 Thaler |
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| Obverse lettering | MAX:DG:AR:AV:DVX:BVR:MAGIST:PRVSS:ADMI |
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| Mintage | ND (1612) CO - - 1612 CO - - |
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Maximilian III, Archduke of Austria and Grand Master of the Teutonic Order from 1590 until his death in 1618, used the Order's coinage partly as a vehicle for personal dynastic ambition — he had already failed twice in bids for elective kingship, first in Poland in 1587 and later in Transylvania. The Order's Mergentheim mint produced this half thaler at a moment when the institution was more territorial lord than crusading brotherhood, its Prussian lands long since lost to secularization under Albert of Brandenburg in 1525.
Hahn 19a distinguishes a specific die pairing within the type; collectors working this series should cross-reference Dudik 193 carefully, as attribution errors between adjacent varieties are routine.