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1/3 Thaler - Karl
| Issuer | Bishopric of Strasbourg |
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| Year | 1602-1608 |
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| Value | ⅓ Thaler |
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| Reverse description | A quartered heraldic shield bearing the arms of the House of Lorraine, surmounted by a cardinal's broad-brimmed galero hat with pendant tassels, symbolizing the ecclesiastical rank of the issuer. The shield displays the traditional Lorraine armorial bearings in their four quarters. A Latin legend encircles the design, referencing the Alsatian and Landgrave titles of the cardinal. The overall composition is characteristic of late 16th to early 17th-century German ecclesiastical coinage. |
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| Reverse lettering | ALSAS.LANGRA.. |
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The Bishopric of Strasbourg spent much of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries in confessional turmoil, culminating in the so-called Strasbourg Bishops' War of 1592–1604 — a protracted dispute over whether a Protestant or Catholic candidate held legitimate authority over the see. Karl of Austria, installed as the Catholic claimant backed by Habsburg and papal pressure, struck coinage during a period when his control over the city itself remained deeply contested. These issues were as much declarations of jurisdictional authority as they were circulating money.