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⅓ Thaler - Max Gandolf von Kuenburg Brandenburg-Prussia, Countermarked
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Salzburg |
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| Year | 1681 |
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| Currency | Thaler |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A large crowned composite shield bearing the quartered coat of arms of the Electorate of Brandenburg occupies the central field, displaying the various heraldic quarterings including the eagle, scepters, and lion devices associated with the Hohenzollern dynasty. The crown surmounting the shield is rendered in high relief with fine detail. The date 1667 is divided across the upper field flanking the crown, while the mintmaster's initials GF appear in the lower exergue. The encircling legend, reading clockwise, identifies the coin as new silver coinage in abbreviated Latin. |
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Max Gandolf von Kuenburg, Archbishop of Salzburg from 1668 to 1687, governed one of the wealthiest ecclesiastical territories in the Holy Roman Empire — its silver mines at Gastein and Rauris fed a prolific mint output throughout his episcopate. The Brandenburg-Prussia countermark on this piece reflects the fractured monetary reality of the Empire, where foreign and regional coins circulated freely and local authorities restruck or countermarked them to assert tariff control or validate them at a specific exchange rate within their jurisdiction.
The Zöttl reference places this among a documented series of countermarked types, suggesting systematic application rather than incidental reuse.