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1 Rappenheller - Ferdinand II of Tyrol
| Issuer | Landgraviate of Upper Alsace (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1584-1595 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (1584-1595) |
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Ferdinand II of Tyrol governed Upper Alsace as part of his broader Austrian Anterior lands administration from Innsbruck, and the Rappenheller series issued under his authority reflects the chronic small-denomination coinage problems plaguing the Rhine borderlands throughout the sixteenth century. The Rappenpfennig monetary system — a regional currency union dating to 1387 involving Basel, Alsatian towns, and assorted imperial lordships — created perpetual friction between local minting obligations and the Habsburg drive to standardize coinage across their fragmented western territories.
At 0.375 fine, these pieces sit at the lower threshold of what contemporaries still classified as silver coinage rather than copper token money.