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6 Kreuzers - Ferdinand I Hall

Issuer Archduchy of Austria
Year 1522-1530
Type Standard circulation coin
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Obverse description Armored bust of Archduke Ferdinand I facing right, wearing a plumed helmet and plate armor, depicted in a bold Renaissance style characteristic of early Habsburg coinage from the Hall mint. The effigy is rendered in high relief with visible detail on the gorget and pauldron. A beaded inner circle frames the central design. The surrounding Latin legend reads FERDINAN• PRINC• ET• INF• HISP, identifying the ruler as Prince and Infante of Spain, and runs clockwise within the outer border.
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Reverse description Central field displays a quartered heraldic cross arrangement, with four coats of arms set in the angles: the Austrian fess (horizontal bar), the Hungarian stripes or Bohemian lion, the Castilian castle or similar Habsburgian quarter, and the Tyrolean eagle, all rendered in the hammered style typical of early sixteenth-century Hall coinage. The arms are separated by a bold cross with ornamental terminals. The surrounding Latin legend ARCHI D• AVST COMIT TIROL, meaning Archduke of Austria, Count of Tyrol, is distributed around the outer field within a beaded border.
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