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1 Thaler - Mihály Apafi
| Issuer | Transylvania, Principality of |
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| Year | 1665-1667 |
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| Value | 1 Thaler (Tallér) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Apafi ruled Transylvania as an Ottoman vassal after being placed on the throne in 1661 by the Grand Vizier Köprülü Ahmed Pasha — less a sovereign choice than a Turkish administrative appointment following the failure of János Kemény's pro-Habsburg gambit. His thalers from this period were struck under constant fiscal strain, with the principality caught between Ottoman tribute demands and the costs of maintaining any semblance of autonomous governance. The Hermannstadt (Sibiu) mint bore most of the burden.
Huszár E#745 distinguishes this emission from the longer Apafi series by die characteristics specific to the 1665–1667 window.