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1/4 Thaler - Rudolph II Hall
| Issuer | County of Tyrol (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1603 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A crowned, vertically oriented composite shield displaying the quartered coat of arms of the Habsburg dominions, surmounted by the Tyrolean eagle shield at the top. The heraldic composition is enclosed within a beaded inner circle and encircled by the suspended chain of the Order of the Golden Fleece. The surrounding legend on the outer field continues the titulature of the emperor, referencing his offices as Archduke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy, and Count of Tyrol. |
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Rudolph II governed from Prague rather than Vienna, increasingly withdrawn from court life and administration by the early 1600s — a neglect that fueled the fraternal conflict with his brother Matthias that would eventually strip him of Austria, Hungary, and Bohemia before his death in 1612. The Hall mint in Tyrol was one of the most technically advanced in the Habsburg world at this period, having pioneered roller press minting in the mid-sixteenth century, though by 1603 screw press production had largely taken over for smaller denominations.
Tyrolian fractions of this era are frequently found with adjustment marks from the weighing process at Hall — a facility that maintained unusually strict weight tolerances for its time.