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1 Thaler - Charles the Posthumous Lead Trial Strike
| Issuer | Bishopric of Brixen (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1618 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse lettering | · CAROL : D : G : ARCH : AVST : DVX : BVR : COM : TIR & (Translation: Charles, by the grace of God, Archduke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy, Count of Tyrol.) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Charles the Posthumous — Karl der Posthumus — was born in July 1618, roughly four months after the death of his father, Archduke Charles II of Further Austria. He survived only until November of the same year. This trial piece was struck in lead, almost certainly to test the die before committing to silver production, for a reign that lasted less than five months and produced no circulating coinage of any consequence. The Bishopric of Brixen operated under close Habsburg influence, and such a commemorative or anticipatory strike would have been entirely consistent with regional practice at the time.