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1/4 Thaler - Maximilian III Hall
| Issuer | Hall Mint (Tyrol) |
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| Year | 1613 |
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| Weight | 14.25 g |
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| Obverse description | Armored and draped bust of Archduke Maximilian III facing right, wearing an elaborate ruffled collar and plate armor with decorative detailing. The date 16-13 is divided on either side of the effigy in the field. The portrait is enclosed within a finely rendered laurel wreath border. The Latin legend encircling the outer field reads MAXIMILIANVS DG ARCH AV DVX BVRG STIR CARINT, identifying the ruler by name and his principal titles. The entire design is executed in the vigorous high-relief hammered style characteristic of the Hall Mint in the early seventeenth century. |
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| Mintage | 1613 |
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Hall in Tirol was among the most productive silver mints in the Habsburg world, drawing directly on ore from the Schwaz mines — at their early sixteenth-century peak, the richest silver deposits in Europe. By 1613, Schwaz output had declined sharply from its glory days, but Hall continued striking fractional thalers to meet the persistent demand for mid-denomination silver in regional trade.
Maximilian III, Archduke of Austria and Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, held Tyrol as a hereditary territory until his death in 1618 without legitimate heirs, after which the county reverted to the main Habsburg line under Emperor Matthias.