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1/2 Thaler - Rudolf II Kuttenberg
| Issuer | Kingdom of Bohemia |
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| Year | 1603-1611 |
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| Value | 1/2 Thaler |
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| Obverse description | Armored and draped bust of Emperor Rudolf II facing right, wearing a ruffled collar, with a bearded effigy rendered in high relief. A circular legend in Latin surrounds the bust within a beaded border. The portrait is characteristic of the late Renaissance imperial style employed at the Kuttenberg (Kutná Hora) mint. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Rudolf II ruled Bohemia from Prague but spent much of his reign in a deteriorating standoff with his own Habsburg family — his brother Matthias stripped him of Hungary in 1608 and Moravia shortly after, leaving Rudolf clinging to Bohemia proper until he was forced to abdicate it in 1611. The Kuttenberg mint, operating in what is now Kutná Hora, had been one of Central Europe's most important silver sources since the medieval Bohemian mining boom, though by Rudolf's reign its output was a shadow of its medieval peak.
The eight-year span of this type reflects the prolonged political paralysis of Rudolf's court rather than any minting continuity.