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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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| Value | ⅓ Guldiner |
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| Obverse lettering | FRID : WILH : D . G. M.Z.BR. EL. CR. C. D. (1/3) 16S81 (Translation: Frederick William, by God`s grace Margrave of Brandenburg, Elector and Duke of Crossen.) |
| Reverse description | A crowned composite heraldic shield bearing the quartered coat of arms of Brandenburg-Prussia occupies the center of the field, flanked by the divided date and the mintmaster's initials. The shield is surmounted by an ornate electoral crown. The circumferential Latin legend describes the coin as new silver money. The overall design is typical of the finely engraved milled coinage produced for the Hohenzollern electorate during the third quarter of the seventeenth century. |
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Max Gandolf von Kuenburg ruled as Archbishop of Salzburg from 1668 until his death in 1687, a tenure marked by aggressive Counter-Reformation policies that culminated in the forced expulsion of thousands of Protestant miners and farmers from the Salzburg territories. The Brandenburg-Prussia countermark on this piece reflects the fractured monetary landscape of the late Holy Roman Empire, where regional authorities routinely overstruck foreign or suspect silver to vouch for its acceptability within their own circulation zones.
The Zöttl reference spanning numbers 2088.75 through 2088.78 indicates at least four recorded countermark varieties for this type.