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2 Thalers - Ferdinand II of Tyrol Posthumous
| Issuer | Tyrol, County of |
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| Year | 1601-1604 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Armoured half-length effigy of Archduke Ferdinand II facing right, laureate, holding a sceptre in his right hand, within a double beaded circle. A lion-head pauldron is visible on the shoulder armour, rendered in high relief in the Renaissance manner. The legend encircles the portrait between the inner and outer borders. |
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| Reverse description | Large composite heraldic shield bearing the quartered arms of the Habsburg territories — including the bars of Austria, the lion of Bohemia, the eagle of Tyrol, the castle of Castile, and the diagonal lozenges of Burgundy among others — surmounted by an archducal crown. The shield is encircled by the decorative collar and pendant of the Order of the Golden Fleece. The circular Latin legend runs between a beaded inner circle and the milled outer border, divided at top and bottom by small ornaments. |
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Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria and Count of Tyrol, died in 1595. These posthumous issues, struck between 1601 and 1604, were produced under his successor Maximilian III — likely to clear existing die stock or satisfy ongoing demand for large-format silver from the Hall mint. Posthumous portrait thalers of this kind were not unusual in the Habsburg hereditary lands, but double-thaler posthumous issues are considerably scarcer.
Hall in Tirol remained one of the most technically capable mints in the Empire at this date, having pioneered roller-press coinage decades earlier under Ferdinand's own patronage.