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1 Thaler - Leopold I
| Issuer | Hungary |
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| Year | 1700-1702 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#214.9, Dav EC II#3265 |
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| Obverse lettering | LEOPOLDUS - D: G: ROM: IMP: S: A: - CE: HV: BO: R: |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Leopold I's final thalers from Hungary fall at the close of a reign defined by the Long Turkish War and the grinding effort to reclaim Ottoman-held Hungarian territory — a campaign largely concluded by the Treaty of Karlowitz in 1699, just before these coins were struck. The timing matters: Hungary was being administratively reintegrated into Habsburg control after nearly 150 years of partition, and coinage from the royal Hungarian mints was part of reasserting that authority on the ground.
The Davenport EC II reference places this squarely within the broader Central European thaler tradition. Leopold died in 1705, making this among the last Hungarian thalers issued under his name.