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⅔ Thaler - Max Gandolf von Kuenburg Schwarzburg, Countermarked
| Issuer | Bishopric of Salzburg (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1681 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Reverse lettering | COM: DE. SCHWARTZ. - ET HONSTEIN. 1676 (2/3) |
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| Mintage | 1681 - 1676 + countermark 16S81 |
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Max Gandolf von Kuenburg, Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg from 1668 to 1687, is better remembered for ordering the expulsion of Protestant miners from the Defereggen Valley in 1684 than for his coinage — but his monetary policy was equally assertive. The countermark on this piece reflects the broader Habsburg-era practice of validating foreign or suspect silver circulation through official re-stamping, a necessary tool in a region where trade routes from Bavaria, Bohemia, and northern Italy fed a constantly mixed currency pool.
The Zöttl reference places this among a well-documented but numerically small countermarked series specific to the Salzburg ecclesiastical mint.