(sold for $241.0)

1621, Austria, Archduke Leopold V. Beautiful Silver Thaler Coin. Hall mint!

Mint Year: 1621 Denomination: Thaler Mint Place: Hall (Tyrol, Austria) Reference: Davenport 3328, KM-264.5. R! Condition: Minor mint-clipping at 12 o'clock (not a damage or mounting mark), marginal dark oxidation on left part turning into colorful toning to right and in reverse, otherwise a nice VF-XF! Weight: 28.66gm Diameter: 43mm  Material: Silver   Obverse: Bust of Leopold V   (as Prince-Archibishop of Strasbourg) in clerical robes right, splitting date (16-21) in fields. Legend: * LEOPOLDVS D : G : ARCHID : AVSTRIAE DVX BVRG : S : CAES : Mtis . ET RELIQ

Reverse: Ducal crown above garnished   imperial coat-of-arms and a small central shield of Tyrol. Legend: ARCHIDVC : GVBERNATOR PLENARIVS CMES TIROLIS

In the Holy Roman Empire, the Thaler was used as the standard against which the various states' currencies could be valued.

Leopold V, Archduke of Further Austria (Graz, October 9, 1586 – September 13, 1632 in Schwaz, Tirol) was the   son of Archduke Archduke Charles II of Inner Austria, and the younger   brother of Emperor Ferdinand II, father of Ferdinand Charles, Archduke   of Further Austria. He was Bishop of Passau and Strasbourg (until 1625)   and Archduke of Further Austria including Tirol.

He was invested as bishop in 1598, as a child, even   though he had not been ordained as a priest. From 1609 onwards he fought   with his mercenaries in the Julian Dispute of Inheritance against   Maximilian III, Archduke of Further Austria in Tirol, and 1611 for   Rudolf II in Bohemia.

In 1619 upon the death of his kinsman and former   rival, he became governor of Maximilian's inheritance: Further Austria   and Tirol, where he attained the position of a sovereign, i.e Archduke   of Further Austria from 1623 to 1630. He had the Custom House and the   Jesuit Church be built in Innsbruck. He fought for the Veltlin and   defended Tirol against the Swedes in 1632.