3 Kreuzers / Dreier - Maximilian III Hall

Maximilian III, Archduke of Austria and Master of the Teutonic Order, became Count of Tyrol in 1602 following the abdication of his brother Rudolf II's effective control over the region. The Hall mint — located on the Inn River east of Innsbruck — had been Tyrol's primary silver-striking facility since the fifteenth century, fed directly by the rich ore mines of Schwaz, which by the early seventeenth century were past their peak output but still operational. Small silver fractions like this Dreier circulated heavily in the Alpine trade economy, passing through market towns alongside larger Taler issues from the same facility.

KM#405 is one of several closely related 3 Kreuzer types attributed to Maximilian's Tyrolean tenure before his death in 1618.