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1 Guldenthaler - 60 kreuzer - Ferdinand I Hall
| Issuer | Austrian Empire |
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| Year | 1560-1564 |
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| Weight | 24.3 g |
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| Obverse description | Armored half-length effigy of Emperor Ferdinand I, bearded, facing right, holding a sceptre and sword, with an orb displaying the denomination at right, all within a double circle. The surrounding legend, abbreviated in Latin, reads for 'Ferdinandus Dei Gratia Romanorum Imperator Semper Augustus Germaniae Hungariae Bohemiae Rex'. The portrait is rendered in the detailed Renaissance style characteristic of the Hall mint. |
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| Obverse lettering | FERD D G RO IMP S AVG GER HVNG BOE REX |
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Ferdinand I introduced the guldenthaler as a deliberate bridge denomination — worth 60 kreuzer, it sat between the smaller silver coinage and the full thaler, addressing a genuine gap in everyday commercial transactions across the Habsburg domains. Hall in Tirol was the natural mint for this issue; its location on the Inn River made it the empire's most productive silver mint throughout the sixteenth century, fed directly by the Schwaz mines upstream, then among the richest in Europe.
The four-year span of this type reflects Ferdinand's final years, as he died in July 1564. The Davenport reference grouping acknowledges meaningful die variation across the period.