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1 Thaler - Charles III Joseph of Lorraine
| Issuer | Bishopric of Olomouc |
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| Year | 1709-1710 |
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| Currency | Thaler (1613-1748) |
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| Obverse lettering | D:G:CAROLUS EPISCOPUS OLUMUCENSIS. |
| Reverse description | Centrally placed oval coat of arms of the Bishop of Olomouc, surmounted by a bishop's mitre and a princely crown, set upon an eight-pointed cross whose four principal points bear crowned imperial double-headed eagles. The lateral points of the cross are ornamented with additional decorative elements. The date 1709 appears within the encircling Latin legend, which references the Bishop's secular and ecclesiastical dignities as Duke of Lorraine and Bar, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, and Royal Count. |
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Charles III Joseph of Lorraine became Prince-Bishop of Olomouc in 1695 at age fourteen, an appointment engineered entirely by his uncle, Duke Leopold of Lorraine, through Habsburginfluence at Rome. He held the see until his death in 1711, making this two-year thaler issue one of the final coinages of his episcopate. The Bishopric of Olomouc was among the wealthiest ecclesiastical territories in Moravia, with the right to strike silver long established — but output was never prolific, and pieces from the 1709–1710 run appear in relatively modest numbers across major collections.