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1 Reichsthaler - 72 kreuzer - Ferdinand I Hall
| Issuer | Hall Mint (Archduchy of Austria) |
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| Year | 1556-1558 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Crowned double-headed Imperial eagle displayed in the central field, with wings spread and detailed feathering rendered in high relief. On the eagle's breast is superimposed a crowned oval escutcheon bearing the complex quartered arms of the Habsburg dynasty. The denomination 72 (for 72 Kreuzer) appears in the exergue below the eagle, serving as the coin's value statement. The surrounding legend INF HISP ARCHID AVST D BVRG followed by the date completes Ferdinand's titulature as Infante of Spain, Archduke of Austria, and Duke of Burgundy. Dot separators divide the abbreviated Latin legend, which runs clockwise along the outer border. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Ferdinand I established the Hall mint in Tyrol as the primary source for large silver thalers during his reign, drawing directly on the rich silver deposits of the Schwaz mines — at mid-century still among the most productive in Europe. The 72-kreuzer valuation places this piece within the complex reckoning system Ferdinand was attempting to rationalize across his disparate Habsburg territories, a project that occupied imperial monetary policy throughout the 1550s.
The Davenport EC I reference situates this firmly in the early thaler series before the 1559 coinage reforms tightened standards across Austrian mints.