1 Thaler - Charles II of Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn

Charles II of Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn governed the Bishopric of Olomouc from 1664 until his death in 1695 — the same year this thaler was struck, making it almost certainly a final-year issue produced under his authority. The Moravian bishopric was among the wealthiest ecclesiastical territories in the Habsburg lands, its mint output during the late seventeenth century reflecting both the institutional ambition of its prince-bishops and the broader monetary demands of a region still recovering from decades of Thirty Years' War disruption. Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn was notably aggressive in reasserting Catholic institutional power across Moravia, which found expression in substantial patronage spending that these silver issues helped finance.