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2 Thalers - Ferdinand II Kuttenberg
| Issuer | Kingdom of Bohemia |
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| Year | 1623-1634 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Crowned double-headed imperial eagle displayed, with wings spread, bearing a central shield on its breast depicting the Bohemian lion. The date appears at the top of the field divided by the eagle's heads and crown. The Latin legend referencing the emperor's titles runs around the periphery within a beaded border. |
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| Reverse lettering | ARCHID·AVST·DVX·BVRGMAR·MO |
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Ferdinand II's Bohemian coinage of this period emerged from one of the most economically destructive episodes in Central European history: the so-called Kipper- und Wipperzeit, a currency debasement crisis that swept the Holy Roman Empire between roughly 1619 and 1623 and saw hundreds of minor mints flood circulation with grossly underweight silver. The Kuttenberg facility — Kutná Hora, historically one of the great silver-producing centers of medieval Europe — resumed striking quality large-denomination pieces partly as a deliberate policy to reassert monetary credibility after the chaos.
The dating range coincides almost exactly with Ferdinand's forced re-Catholicization of Bohemia following the Battle of White Mountain in 1620.