Ferdinand Maria married Henriette Adelaide of Savoy in 1652, a union brokered to strengthen Catholic alliances in the years immediately following the Peace of Westphalia. Pattern pieces in silver struck from gold-denomination dies were a standard tool of electoral courts for testing and presentation — this piece almost certainly never circulated and was likely produced for distribution among court officials or as a diplomatic gift rather than for any monetary purpose.
Ferdinand Maria married Henriette Adelaide of Savoy in 1652, a union brokered to strengthen Catholic alliances in the years immediately following the Peace of Westphalia. Pattern pieces in silver struck from gold-denomination dies were a standard tool of electoral courts for testing and presentation — this piece almost certainly never circulated and was likely produced for distribution among court officials or as a diplomatic gift rather than for any monetary purpose.