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1 Thaler - Leopold I Prague
| Issuer | Kingdom of Bohemia |
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| Year | 1703-1704 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1703 - - 1704 - - |
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Leopold I was in the final years of a 47-year reign when these Prague thalers were struck, and the War of the Spanish Succession was already consuming Habsburg resources on multiple fronts. Bohemian mint output during 1703–1704 was partly driven by the need to fund military campaigns that would ultimately outlast Leopold himself — he died in May 1705 before the war's conclusion.
The Prague mint had a long record of inconsistent die alignment and planchet preparation during this period, and specimens with full, even strikes are genuinely scarce.