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Goldgulden - Ferdinand II Hall
| Issuer | County of Tyrol (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1574 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Reverse description | A composite heraldic shield bearing the quartered arms of Archduke Ferdinand II, with a smaller escutcheon of Tyrol superimposed at its centre, all set within a beaded inner circle. The two-digit date 74 appears above the shield within the inner circle, representing the year 1574. The Latin legend, which references the new gold coinage of the County of Tyrol, encircles the design along the outer rim. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Ferdinand II ruled Tyrol as an archduke from 1564 until his death in 1595, governing the county as a largely autonomous Habsburg territory distinct from the main imperial line. His Hall mint — the same facility that had pioneered large silver coinage in the previous century — produced gold issues that circulated widely across the Alpine trade routes connecting Italy and the German lands. The .771 fineness here is notably below the Rhenish gulden standard, a deliberate policy that made Tyrolean gold competitive in regional commerce without depleting finer bullion reserves.
The Fr#63 variety attribution signals a die difference from the principal type, though exact die marriage documentation for this series remains incomplete in the literature.