2 Thalers - Louis

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.