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2 Pfenning - Ferdinand III of Austria-Tuscany
| Issuer | Salzburg, Bishopric of |
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| Year | 1804 |
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| Currency | Thaler |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing draped bust of Ferdinand III of Habsburg, Grand Duke of Tuscany and Prince-Elector of Salzburg, rendered in profile. A encircling Latin legend runs along the periphery of the obverse field. The initial letter M appears below the bust, serving as the engraver's or mint mark. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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By 1804, Salzburg's days as an independent ecclesiastical state were effectively over. Ferdinand III had been installed as Elector of Salzburg in 1803 following the secularization decrees of the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss, compensation for Habsburg territorial losses to France under the Treaty of Lunéville. He ruled the archbishopric as a political consolation prize, not a spiritual office. Napoleon's reorganization of German territories would erase Salzburg's autonomy entirely within two years, with the territory passing to Austria by 1805.
This copper piece is among the final issues of Salzburg as a nominally sovereign entity — struck just before the Pressburg peace settlement ended the experiment.