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Thaler - Ferdinand I
| Issuer | Habsburg Monarchy (Hungary) |
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| Year | 1553-1556 |
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| Currency | Thaler (1526-1754) |
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| Obverse lettering | FERDINAND · D · G · ROM · HVN · BOE · DAL · C · REX ¤ (Translation: Ferdinandus Dei Gratia Romanorum Hungariae Bohemiae Dalmatiae Croatiae Rex - Ferdinánd, by the grace of God, King of the Romans, Hungary, Bohemia, Dalmatia, Croatia) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Ferdinand I secured the Hungarian crown in 1527 following the catastrophic Ottoman defeat of Louis II at Mohács, but for decades controlled only a narrow western strip of the kingdom — Royal Hungary — while Transylvania remained under Zápolya succession and Buda stayed in Ottoman hands. These thalers were struck at Kremnitz, the great Carpathian mining town that had supplied silver to Hungarian coinage since the medieval period and remained one of the few economically productive regions Ferdinand actually held. The timing of this issue, 1553–1556, falls squarely within renewed Ottoman pressure under Suleiman the Magnificent, with military expenditure running well ahead of revenue.