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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 description | Armored bust of Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg, facing right, with a rosette positioned at the lower edge of the shoulder-plates. A fractional denomination numeral (⅓) appears within an oval cartouche at the bottom of the field. A small oval Salzburg countermark incorporating the date 16S81 is applied, authenticating the coin's acceptance and revaluation by the Archbishopric of Salzburg. The peripheral legend in Latin identifies the issuer by his full electoral title. The portrait style is characteristic of late seventeenth-century Germanic milled coinage. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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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.