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1/4 Thaler - Leopold of Austria Klippe
| Issuer | Imperial Abbeys of Murbach and Lüders |
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| Year | 1614-1626 |
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| Value | 1/4 Thaler |
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| Obverse lettering | LEOPOLD D G ARCH AVS ARG ET PASS EPS |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Murbach was one of the wealthiest imperial abbeys in the Holy Roman Empire, holding minting rights that were exercised only sporadically — and the klippe format here signals this was almost certainly struck as a presentation piece rather than anything intended for commerce. Leopold of Austria, as commendatory abbot from 1614, was simultaneously Bishop of Passau, Strasbourg, and Halberstadt, accumulating ecclesiastical titles at a pace that had more to do with Habsburg territorial strategy than pastoral concern.
The square-cut flan is hand-cut, and centering inconsistencies between specimens are the norm rather than the exception.