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| Issuer | Transylvania, Principality of |
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| Year | 1621 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Bethlen struck this thaler during his second campaign against the Habsburgs, a period when he controlled much of Royal Hungary and had briefly accepted the Hungarian crown before renouncing it under the Peace of Nikolsburg in December 1621. The timing matters: this coin was being minted while negotiations were actively underway, making it simultaneously a declaration of political authority and an instrument already outliving the claim it asserted.
Resch's range of five catalog numbers for this type reflects meaningful die variation across the issue, not mere collector splitting.