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1 Thaler - Ferdinand II of Tyrol Hall
| Issuer | Tyrol, County of |
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| Year | 1577-1595 |
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| Value | 1 Thaler |
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| Obverse description | Armored half-length bust of Ferdinand II, Archduke of Further Austria and Tyrol, facing three-quarters right, wearing elaborately decorated plate armor adorned with three rows of gem-set ornaments on the breastplate; the Archduke holds a small scepter in his right hand and a sword in his left. A rounded pauldron with horizontal fluting is visible at the left shoulder. The bust breaks through the beaded inner circle at the top. The legend is arranged around the periphery within the outer border. |
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| Reverse description | Elaborate composite coat of arms comprising the quartered arms of Hungary, Bohemia, Castile and León combined with Austria and Burgundy, surmounted by an archduke's crown. The shield is encircled by the collar and pendant of the Order of the Golden Fleece. The legend begins at approximately the two o'clock position and runs around the full circumference of the coin, with all devices contained within a beaded inner circle. |
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Ferdinand II ruled Tyrol as an archduke from 1564 until his death in 1595, operating the Hall mint with considerable autonomy from the main Habsburg financial apparatus in Vienna. The Hall facility had been a dominant silver-striking center since the 1480s, positioned to exploit Tyrolean mountain silver before it moved down into broader imperial circulation. Ferdinand was an obsessive collector — his Kunstkammer at Ambras Castle is still partially intact — and he took an unusually hands-on interest in the quality and variety of his coinage.
MT#282 spans nearly two decades of production, meaning die workmanship and silver fineness consistency vary across the run.