5 Thalers - Ferdinand III

Ferdinand III ruled Hungary as part of the broader Habsburg hereditary lands, but Hungarian coinage required separate authorization from the Hungarian Diet — a constitutional distinction the Habsburgs resented and repeatedly tried to circumvent. Multi-thaler pieces of this weight were not struck for circulation; they functioned as presentation gifts and diplomatic currency, distributed at court or given to military commanders. The Kremnitz mint, which struck the overwhelming majority of Hungarian silver, produced these large multiples in small and irregular quantities across the four-year span of this issue.

The Davenport reference places this among the larger Habsburg multiple thalers, a category where survivors in any condition are genuinely scarce.