By 1803, Salzburg's status as an independent ecclesiastical principality was effectively over. The Reichsdeputationshauptschluss of that year secularized the archbishopric, transferring it first to Ferdinand III — formerly Grand Duke of Tuscany, displaced by Napoleon's reorganization of Italy — as compensation for his losses. These billon pieces were struck under that transitional authority, making them products of a jurisdiction that existed, in its final form, for only a handful of years before Salzburg passed to Austria in 1805.
By 1803, Salzburg's status as an independent ecclesiastical principality was effectively over. The Reichsdeputationshauptschluss of that year secularized the archbishopric, transferring it first to Ferdinand III — formerly Grand Duke of Tuscany, displaced by Napoleon's reorganization of Italy — as compensation for his losses. These billon pieces were struck under that transitional authority, making them products of a jurisdiction that existed, in its final form, for only a handful of years before Salzburg passed to Austria in 1805.