¼ Thaler - Ferdinand I Kuttenberg

Ferdinand I inherited Bohemia through his wife Anne Jagiellonica following the catastrophic defeat at Mohács in 1526, which killed Louis II and effectively ended the Jagiellon line in Central Europe. The Kuttenberg (Kutná Hora) mint was among Bohemia's most important silver operations, fed directly by the region's extensive silver mines — the same mines that had made Bohemia a monetary powerhouse since the thirteenth century. By Ferdinand's reign those mines were declining, and the quarter thaler denominations minted there reflect an administration stretching output across smaller fractions.