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1 Thaler - Ferdinand II St Veit
| Issuer | Austrian Empire |
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| Year | 1623-1624 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Draped and armored bust of Emperor Ferdinand II facing right, depicted with a short beard and elaborately detailed gorget and mantle, enclosed within a beaded inner circle. The date appears below the bust in the field. The surrounding legend reads FERDINANDVS II D G RO I SE A G H ET BO REX, identifying the emperor as Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia and Hungary. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Ferdinand II's Thaler production at St. Veit — the ancient Carinthian mint that had operated continuously since the medieval period — coincided directly with the opening campaigns of the Thirty Years' War. The 1623–1624 window falls immediately after the Battle of White Mountain, when Habsburg forces crushed the Bohemian revolt and Ferdinand moved aggressively to recatholicize his territories. Coin production surged to fund both military consolidation and the redistribution of confiscated Protestant noble estates.
St. Veit's output was eclipsed shortly after by the Kipper und Wipper monetary crisis, which had already debased smaller denominations catastrophically across the German lands. Full-weight Thalers from legitimate imperial mints like this one were frequently hoarded or exported rather than spent.