1 Kreuzer - Ferdinand II of Tyrol

Ferdinand II ruled Tyrol as an archduke from 1564 until his death in 1595, governing independently of the main Habsburg line after his morganatic marriage to Philippine Welser — a union that effectively barred his sons from imperial succession and kept Tyrolean administration distinctly separate from Vienna. The county's mines at Schwaz, once the most productive silver operation in Europe, were already in steep decline by this period, which likely explains the notably low silver content of these small transaction coins.