1/2 Thaler - Thomas I

Haldenstein was a tiny imperial lordship in the Graubünden region of Switzerland, wedged between larger and more powerful neighbors, and its coinage rights were exercised only sporadically. Thomas I of Schauenstein-Haldenstein held the lordship during one of the most turbulent periods in the region's history — the early Thirty Years' War saw Graubünden itself become a contested corridor between Habsburg Austria and Spain seeking to control the Alpine passes into Italy. This half thaler was struck across just two years before the political situation rendered further independent coinage impractical.

The lordship's output was small enough that any surviving piece represents a very short window of mint activity under Thomas I specifically.