2 Thalers

Regensburg's double thaler issues of this period were struck under the city's status as an imperial free city — a designation that gave Regensburg the right to mint its own coinage independently, a privilege it guarded aggressively against encroachment from both Bavaria and the Habsburg administration. The city was also the permanent seat of the Immerwährender Reichstag, the perpetually sitting imperial diet that had convened there since 1663, which meant Regensburg maintained an outsized political profile relative to its modest size.

KM#283 is a large-flan multiple thaler, and surviving examples typically show uneven luster distribution consistent with the city's known habit of using worn dies longer than most imperial mints would have tolerated.