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2 Thalers - John Adam of Bicken Bettlertaler
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Mainz |
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| Year | 1602 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | IO:ADAM.D:G:ARCHIEPS:MOGV:PRINCI:ELECT |
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Johann Adam von Bicken served as Archbishop of Mainz from 1601 until his death in 1604, making his coinage window exceptionally narrow. The "Bettlertaler" — beggar's thaler — designation attached to this double thaler type derives from a long-standing controversy over mendicant orders and almsgiving policy that intersected with Mainz ecclesiastical politics during the post-Tridentine reform period, though the precise origin of the name as applied to this specific issue remains debated among specialists.
At 57+ grams, double thalers of this diocese saw limited commercial circulation and functioned primarily as prestige pieces or gifts. Dav CCT#5530 places it firmly within the Davenport corpus of German church states coinage.