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1 Thaler - Rudolf II
| Issuer | Upper Alsace, Landgraviate of |
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| Year | 1605 |
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| Weight | 28.7 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Rudolf II's grip on Upper Alsace was contested throughout his reign — the territory sat at the intersection of Habsburg dynastic ambition and French encroachment, and coinage from the Ensisheim mint during this period reflects the administrative scramble to assert imperial authority in a region that would ultimately slip from Habsburg control entirely within a generation. The 1605 date places this squarely in Rudolf's later years, when his brother Matthias was already maneuvering to strip him of his crown lands one by one.
Klemm numbers 86 through 90 indicate at least five catalogued die varieties for this single year, suggesting sustained mint activity and possibly multiple die-cutting campaigns.