1 Thaler - Ferdinand II Hall

Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria and Count of Tyrol, operated the Hall Mint as one of the most productive silver-striking facilities in the Habsburg domains, fed directly by the Schwaz mines — at their peak in the sixteenth century among the richest silver deposits in Europe. By the 1570s Schwaz output was declining sharply from its mid-century highs, and the thalers struck across Ferdinand's final decades reflect a mint working harder on fewer resources.

Ferdinand died in 1595, and with him the Tyrolean cadet line. The county reverted to the main Habsburg line under Rudolf II, ending the distinct Tyrolean coinage series this piece belongs to.