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2 Thalers - Louis
| Issuer | Königstein, Counts of |
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| Year | 1546 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse lettering | LVDOVIC CO I STOL KONIG 7 RVPEFO |
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| Reverse lettering | CAROLVS V RO MA IMP AVG 46 |
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Königstein's county was absorbed into Electoral Mainz the following year, making 1546 effectively the final year of independent coinage under the counts. Louis — Ludwig II — struck this double thaler as the territory was already under severe financial and political pressure from surrounding powers. Few issues from this county survive in any form; the Königstein series is thin by any measure, and the double thaler denomination represents the most ambitious striking the mint ever attempted.