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2 Thalers - Ferdinand II of Tyrol
| Issuer | Upper Alsace, Landgraviate of |
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| Year | 1594-1595 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Bust of Archduke Ferdinand II of Tyrol facing right, depicted in three-quarter view wearing a crown and richly detailed armour with ornate chain and ruff collar, holding a sceptre in his right hand. The effigy is rendered in high relief with fine Renaissance craftsmanship, enclosed within an inner beaded circle. The circular Latin legend reads FERDINAND D G ARCHID AVSTRIÆ, distributed around the periphery of the coin. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria and Count of Tyrol, died in 1595, making this a terminal issue struck in the final year of his rule over Further Austria — the scattered Habsburg territories west of the Tyrol that included the Landgraviate of Upper Alsace. The double thaler format was never intended for everyday commerce; these were prestige pieces, struck for presentation and diplomatic exchange at a court that Ferdinand had made one of the most culturally active in the Habsburg orbit.
The Dav EC I reference places this firmly within the broader corpus of Early Contemporary issues, a classification that reflects the transitional minting practices of the period. Ferdinand's Further Austrian mint output is notably thin for double thalers, which accounts for the tight cluster of catalog references all pointing to effectively the same small emission.