2 Mark - Max Gandolf von Kuenburg Sweden, Countermarked

Max Gandolf von Kuenburg ruled the Archbishopric of Salzburg from 1668 until his death in 1687, a tenure marked by aggressive Counter-Reformation policies including the expulsion of Protestant miners from the Dürrnberg salt works. The Swedish countermark on this piece traces to the disruptions of the Thirty Years' War's aftermath, when foreign-struck silver circulated widely across the Holy Roman Empire and ecclesiastical mints frequently countermarked coins to assert local monetary authority and confirm acceptable fineness before permitting circulation within their territories.

Zöttl references 2088.206 through 2088.208 account for die variation across the countermark application — placement and depth differ enough to distinguish individual punch uses.