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1/2 Thaler - Wolfgang von Schrattenbach
| Issuer | Bishopric of Olomouc |
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| Year | 1727-1737 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Elaborate baroque coat of arms comprising three ornately quartered shields arranged together, surmounted by a cardinal's hat with tassels and flanked by additional heraldic ornaments. A large cross is displayed prominently above the central shield arrangement. The date appears in the lower field divided by heraldic elements, and the surrounding Latin legend continues the bishop's full titulature. The overall composition is characteristic of high baroque ecclesiastical heraldic engraving. |
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| Reverse lettering | DVX S:R: - - I:PS.R:C:B:C:PROTEC.GER.S:C:R:M:CON.IN. - - ET:ACTV. |
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Wolfgang von Schrattenbach governed the Bishopric of Olomouc from 1711 until his death in 1738, a tenure long enough to produce a coherent coinage series but historically overshadowed by his role as patron of the young Mozart family — it was Schrattenbach who, decades later, would employ Leopold Mozart in Salzburg, though that connection postdates this issue. The Olomouc mint operated under direct episcopal authority throughout this period, answerable to Vienna only in matters of silver fineness.
The ten-year span of this half thaler's production suggests multiple die marriages, though no authoritative variety census specific to KM#424 has been established in the major references.