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1 Ducat - Maximilian III Hall
| Issuer | Teutonic Order (German States) |
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| Year | 1597-1612 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | A crowned composite heraldic shield, quartered and centered upon the cross of the Teutonic Order, with a small inescutcheon of Tyrol at the center. The four quarters display the arms of Hungary (in 1), Bohemia (in 2), Austria and Ancient Burgundy (in 3), and Prussia and Habsburg (in 4). A circular Latin legend surrounds the entire composition, commencing at 12 o'clock, and the overall design reflects the complex dynastic symbolism of the Habsburg-Teutonic Order administration. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Maximilian III served as Grand Master of the Teutonic Order from 1590 until his death in 1618, operating from the Order's administrative seat at Mergentheim rather than any Prussian territory — the Order had been stripped of Prussia decades earlier following the 1525 secularization under Albert of Brandenburg-Ansbach. These ducats were struck at Hall in Tirol, where Maximilian also held authority as Archduke, making his coinage an overlap of two distinct jurisdictions within the Habsburg orbit.
The Hall mint was among the most technically sophisticated in the Holy Roman Empire, having pioneered roller press minting in the 1560s.