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1 Thaler - Leopold I Hall
| Issuer | Austrian Empire |
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| Year | 1694-1704 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | Laureate and armoured bust of Emperor Leopold I facing right, with the crown of laurel resting on his long flowing hair. The effigy extends to the lower field where a complete beaded circle terminates the bust truncation, and the top of the head touches the inner rim, bisecting the surrounding Latin legend. The portrait is rendered in a bold, high-relief Baroque style characteristic of the Hall mint's late seventeenth-century coinage. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Leopold I ruled for 47 years — the longest Habsburg reign of the 17th century — yet his thalers from the Hall mint reflect anything but stability. These pieces were struck during the grinding final phase of the Nine Years' War and the opening years of the War of the Spanish Succession, when Habsburg silver was being mobilized aggressively to fund campaigns on multiple fronts simultaneously. Hall, operating in the Tyrolean Inn valley, remained one of the most productive silver mints in the empire precisely because of its proximity to the Schwaz mining district, by then past its peak but still yielding.
The Dav. 3245 designation places this within a well-documented obverse die sequence; collectors should note that Hall issues of this period show measurable variation in the bust truncation across the production run.