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2 Thalers - Ferdinand II
| Issuer | Augsburg, Free city of |
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| Year | 1627 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | ✿AVGVSTA·VIN DELICORVM MDCXXVII |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Augsburg's 1627 double thaler lands squarely in the early years of the Thirty Years' War, during which the city's status as a Free Imperial City made it a focal point of confessional tension between its Catholic and Protestant populations. Ferdinand II had reimposed Catholic authority over Augsburg in 1624 following decades of Protestant dominance, a move that generated deep civic fracture. The city's merchant elite, whose wealth underwrote issues like this one, were negotiating survival between imperial pressure and their own Reformed sympathies.
At 58+ grams, these double thalers served trade functions rather than everyday exchange, circulating among merchants and financiers who would have felt Ferdinand's religious policies acutely.