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1 Thaler - Ferdinand II Vienna
| Issuer | Holy Roman Empire (Austrian Dominions) |
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| Year | 1624-1625 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Four heraldic shields arranged in a cruciform pattern around a central crowned imperial double-headed eagle: the shield of Austria (barry of silver and gules) at lower left, Hungary (Barry of eight, with the patriarchal cross and stripes) at upper left, Bohemia (a lion rampant) at upper right, and Burgundy-Tyrol at lower right. The date 1625 appears in the upper field divided by the central shield arrangement. The encircling legend ARCHID AVS DVX BVR COM TYR C runs around the periphery within a beaded border, denoting Ferdinand's principal hereditary titles. |
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Ferdinand II's thalers of 1624–25 were struck while he was consolidating Habsburg authority in the immediate aftermath of the Battle of White Mountain — the 1620 rout that effectively ended Bohemian Protestant resistance and allowed Ferdinand to revoke the Letter of Majesty, the religious charter his predecessor had been pressured into granting. The Vienna mint was working under considerable demand during these years, supplying currency for an imperial administration simultaneously fighting a war and reorganizing confiscated Bohemian estates.
Davenport EC II#3087 places this issue within a tightly grouped sequence of Vienna thalers from the early 1620s, distinguished from Prague and Graz output by mintmaster marks specific to the Vienna facility.