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1 Thaler - Ferdinand II Klagenfurt
| Issuer | Austrian Empire |
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| Year | 1621 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | Crowned double-headed imperial eagle displayed, with wings spread, bearing an oval heraldic shield on its breast. Beneath the eagle, a small escutcheon of Carinthia (a divided red-and-white shield) is placed centrally, bisecting the lower legend. The encircling legend, interrupted by the Carinthian shield, reads: ARCHI AVSTRIÆ ET CAR // INTHÆ DVX BVRGVN ZC, referencing Ferdinand's titles as Archduke of Austria, Duke of Carinthia, and Duke of Burgundy. |
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| Mint | Klagenfurt Mint |
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Ferdinand II issued this thaler during one of the most violent years of the Thirty Years' War — 1621 saw the execution of twenty-seven Bohemian Protestant leaders on Prague's Old Town Square following the Battle of White Mountain, a direct consequence of the rebellion against Ferdinand's rule. The Klagenfurt mint, operating in Carinthia, was among the provincial Austrian facilities pressed into heavier production as the war's financial demands mounted. Davenport's EC II classification places it within the broader Austrian thaler series of the period, where Klagenfurt output is notably scarcer than Vienna or Graz strikes from the same reign.