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1/4 Thaler - Ferdinand II Prague
| Issuer | Holy Roman Empire |
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| Year | 1623-1637 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse lettering | FERDINANDVS II D G R I S A G H B REX |
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| Mintage | 1623 (n) - - 1624 (n) - - 1625 (l) - - 1625 (n) - - 1630 (l) - - 1630 (o) - - 1631 (p) - - 1632 (p) - - 1633 (p) - - 1635 (p) - - 1637 (q) - - |
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Ferdinand II's quarter thalers from Prague fall squarely within the Kipper und Wipperzeit aftermath — the catastrophic currency debasement of 1619–1623 that had flooded the Empire with underweight, base-metal coinage. The Prague mint's return to honest silver fractional pieces after 1623 was partly a political act, reasserting Habsburg monetary authority over Bohemia following the Battle of White Mountain and the violent suppression of the Bohemian revolt.
The Prague mint under Ferdinand was among the most productive in the hereditary lands during this stretch, though output fluctuated sharply with the progress of the Thirty Years' War and the intermittent disruption of Bohemian silver supplies from the Jáchymov mines.