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1 Thaler - Ferdinand III Vienna
| Issuer | Habsburg Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 1657 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Laureate and armoured bust of Emperor Ferdinand III facing right, set within an ornate beaded inner circle. The imperial legend is arranged around the periphery, interrupted below the bust by the mint mark. The date appears beneath the bust in the lower field. The portrait displays high relief characteristic of mid-17th century Habsburg coinage, with detailed rendering of the cuirass and laurel wreath. |
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| Obverse lettering | FERDINANDVS III D G ROM IMP SE AV GE HV BO REX |
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Ferdinand III died on 2 April 1657, making this a final-year issue struck under a reign that had navigated the closing negotiations of the Thirty Years' War and the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. The Vienna mint continued producing thalers dated 1657 into the months following his death, meaning some examples circulated before his successor Leopold I was formally crowned — a brief interregnum in which coins of a dead emperor served as the empire's primary silver currency.