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Pfunder - Ferdinand I Vienna
| Issuer | Austrian Empire |
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| Year | 1520-1527 |
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| Diameter | 28 mm |
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| Obverse description | Crowned and youthful beardless effigy of Ferdinand I facing right, depicted in profile within a beaded circle. The portrait displays fine Renaissance-style engraving characteristic of early Viennese coinage. A legend encircles the design, commencing at 12 o'clock, identifying Ferdinand in his role as Prince and Infante of Spain. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Ferdinand I's early Austrian issues were struck in Vienna under the Pfunder denomination during a period when his brother Charles V had effectively handed him administrative control of the Habsburg hereditary lands — Ferdinand was only nineteen when given that responsibility in 1521. The Pfunder itself was a regional accounting denomination, and these Vienna pieces circulated alongside a chaotic mixture of Hungarian, Bohemian, and Tyrolean silver that made standardized coinage across the Habsburg domains nearly impossible to enforce during this decade.