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1 Thaler - Ferdinand III of Austria-Tuscany
| Issuer | Salzburg, Bishopric of |
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| Year | 1806 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed bust of Ferdinand III in right-facing profile, with long flowing hair tied in a queue and curled at the ends, rendered in high relief in the neoclassical style. The truncation is plain and unadorned. A circular Latin legend surrounds the effigy, reading FERD D G H ET B REG PR A A S R I PR EL SALISB M, abbreviated titles proclaiming Ferdinand as King of Hungary and Bohemia, Archduke of Austria, and Prince-Elector of Salzburg of the Holy Roman Empire. The field is smooth and uncluttered, with a fine toothed border running along the rim. |
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| Edge | Ornamented |
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Ferdinand III had been Grand Duke of Tuscany until Napoleon's reorganization of Italy forced him out in 1801. He spent years in exile before receiving Salzburg as compensation under the terms of the 1803 Reichsdeputationshauptschluss — the sweeping imperial recess that secularized dozens of ecclesiastical territories across the Holy Roman Empire. Salzburg's ancient status as a prince-bishopric was effectively dissolved in the process, and Ferdinand ruled it as a lay electorate.
This 1806 thaler was struck just as the Confederation of the Rhine was forming and the Holy Roman Empire itself was collapsing. Ferdinand would lose Salzburg to Bavaria by year's end under the Peace of Pressburg.