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1 Thaler - Leopold Anton von Firmian
| Issuer | Salzburg, Bishopric of |
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| Year | 1738-1744 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Archbishop Leopold Anton von Firmian facing right, rendered in high relief with fine portrait detail characteristic of the Salzburg minting tradition. The ecclesiastical portrait is positioned centrally within the coin field, with the legend commencing at approximately 8 o'clock. The Latin circumscription reads LEOPOLDUS D G ARCH ET PRINCEPS, abbreviated from Leopoldus Dei Gratia Archiepiscopus et Princeps, identifying the sitter by divine grace as Archbishop and Prince. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Leopold Anton von Firmian served as Archbishop of Salzburg from 1727 until his death in 1744, and is remembered less for his coinage than for the Salzburg Expulsion of 1731-1732 — one of the largest forced religious migrations in 18th-century Europe, in which he ordered roughly 20,000 Protestant subjects out of the archbishopric in the dead of winter. The political fallout reverberated across the Holy Roman Empire and drew the direct attention of Charles VI.
The Zöttl numbers spanning six varieties across this type reflect differences in die preparation across the final years of his reign, with some reverse dies showing minor armorial variations that specialists use to sequence the issues chronologically.