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1 Thaler - Johann Weikhard
| Issuer | Auersperg, Counts of |
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| Year | 1654 |
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| Currency | Conventionsthaler |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Johann Weikhard von Auersperg was among the most powerful men in the Habsburg court by the early 1650s, effectively controlling imperial policy as chief minister to the young Leopold I. His decision to strike thalers in his own name reflected that political dominance — the Counts of Auersperg held minting rights as imperial lords, and this 1654 issue coincides almost precisely with the peak of his influence before factional enemies at court engineered his downfall and dismissal in 1669.