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2 Kreuzers - Johann Ernst von Thun
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Salzburg |
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| Year | 1692 |
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| Weight | 1.08 g |
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| Obverse lettering | 2 |
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| Mintage | 1692 |
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Johann Ernst von Thun und Hohenstein ruled Salzburg from 1687 until his death in 1709, a period during which the archbishopric was heavily engaged in financing reconstruction following the devastating fire of 1818 — no, more relevantly, the ongoing costs of the Turkish wars pressing on the Habsburg periphery drew silver coinage into military fiscal channels across the entire region. Small-denomination silver like this 2 Kreuzer was the workhorse of everyday commerce in the prince-archbishopric, a territory with its own mint rights jealously maintained against imperial encroachment.
The Salzburg mint was among the most prolific small-state operations in the Holy Roman Empire during this decade.