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6 Kreuzers - Ferdinand II Hall
| Issuer | County of Tyrol (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1577-1595 |
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| Value | 6 Kreuzers (0.1) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A plain cross divides the field into four quadrants, each containing a heraldic shield. Reading clockwise from the top: Tyrol (eagle), Austria (fess), ancient Burgundy (billets), and Carinthia (panther). The arms of the cross bisect the surrounding Latin legend, which continues around the perimeter within a beaded border. |
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Ferdinand II ruled Tyrol as a distinct territorial holding separate from the main Habsburg line, having been granted it by his father Ferdinand I in 1564. His Hall mint — operating from the Inn valley town long established as a silver-processing center due to nearby mining operations — produced this denomination throughout a reign defined more by art patronage and Ambras Castle's famous Kunstkammer than by military crisis. The 6 Kreuzer filled a practical gap in everyday transactional currency across the Alpine territories.
Hahn 18a distinguishes this variety within Ferdinand's Hall output. The .875 fineness was held consistently across his silver issues, a standard that would erode under his successors.