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1 Thaler - Ferdinand Karl
| Issuer | Tyrol, County of |
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| Year | 1652 |
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| Diameter | 42 mm |
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| Obverse description | Armored bust of Archduke Ferdinand Karl facing right, rendered in high relief with finely detailed plate armor. A circular Latin legend frames the effigy, with the date 1652 positioned at approximately three o'clock in the field. The portrait reflects the baroque court style characteristic of mid-17th-century Austrian Habsburg coinage. |
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| Reverse description | Elaborately quartered crowned coat of arms, comprising: first quarter Hungary, second quarter Bohemia, third quarter Austria-Burgundy, and fourth quarter the County of Görz (Gorizia), with the escutcheon of Austria in the base point. The central escutcheon bears the eagle of the County of Tyrol. The entire achievement is encircled by the collar and pendant badge of the Order of the Golden Fleece, with a circular Latin legend surrounding the composition. |
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Ferdinand Karl ruled Tyrol as an independent archduke following the 1648 partition of Habsburg Inner Austria, and his court at Innsbruck operated with a degree of autonomy unusual for a Habsburg dependency. He was a lavish spender — his building projects and theatrical entertainments were notorious — and the Tyrolean mint at Hall was kept busy partly to service his chronic need for ready cash. The Hall mint had operated continuously since 1477 and remained one of the most technically proficient in the Habsburg lands.
Davenport's attribution to this specific die pairing places it among a tightly documented run from the early 1650s.