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1 Thaler - Charles II Francis of Austria Graz
| Issuer | Styria, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1576-1579 |
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| Value | 1 Thaler |
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| Reverse description | Composite heraldic achievement displaying the dynastic arms of the House of Habsburg: the upper portion of the shield bears the quarterly arms of Hungary and Bohemia, while the lower portion is divided into two subsidiary shields representing the Spanish lineage on the dexter side and the Austrian lineage on the sinister side. At the centre of the composition, a small escutcheon bears the Styrian panther. The regnal date appears in the upper field. The Latin legend encircles the entire design. |
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| Reverse lettering | DVX BVRGVNDIÆ STYRIÆ Z & date |
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Charles II ruled Inner Austria — Styria, Carinthia, and Carniola — as a separate Habsburg appanage following the partition of Ferdinand I's territories among his sons in 1564. The Graz mint operated under his direct authority, and these thalers were struck during a period of acute Ottoman pressure on his southeastern frontier and simultaneous pressure from Protestant estates within his own lands. Charles was a committed Counter-Reformation ruler who would later found the Jesuit college at Graz that eventually became Karl-Franzens-Universität.
His son, born at Graz in 1578, would become Emperor Ferdinand II — architect of the Edict of Restitution.