1 Thaler - Ferdinand II of Tyrol

Ferdinand II ruled Tyrol as an archduke from 1564 until his death in 1595, governing as a largely independent Habsburg prince rather than as a subordinate administrator. His court at Ambras became one of the most significant Renaissance cultural centers north of the Alps, funded substantially by revenue from Tyrolean silver mines — the same economic engine that made issues like this thaler politically and financially meaningful. The Landgraviate of Upper Alsace remained under Habsburg jurisdiction throughout his tenure, a strategic Rhine corridor that Ferdinand managed carefully against French encroachment.

The KLEM reference spanning numbers 221–230 reflects genuine die variation across this eleven-year window, not a single unified type.