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1 Thaler - Rudolph II Hall
| Issuer | County of Tyrol (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1607 |
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| Weight | 28.57 g |
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| Obverse description | Laureate draped bust of Emperor Rudolph II facing right, with prominent ruffled collar, set within a braided inner circle; the bust, featuring an elongated neck with drapery and clasp, breaks the inner circle at the front. A long ribbon trails behind the laurel wreath without a tassel. The date appears below the bust. The continuous Latin legend commences at 12 o'clock. |
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| Mintage | 1607 |
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Rudolph II governed the Habsburg lands from Prague rather than Vienna, an unusual choice that reflected both his obsessive interest in art, alchemy, and astronomy and his growing estrangement from the business of actual rule. By 1607, his brother Matthias had already begun maneuvering to strip him of his territorial holdings, and the Tyrol — administered separately under the Austrian line — was producing coinage that would soon be swept into a succession crisis that ended with Rudolph's forced abdication of Hungary in 1608 and Bohemia in 1611.
The Hall mint in the Inn Valley was one of the most technically accomplished facilities in the Empire, fed directly by Tyrolean silver production.