Authority and place
Territories and mints
The Habsburg world was geographically fragmented. Its talers reveal the identities of territories, prince-bishoprics and noble houses within the imperial sphere.
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Imperial territories
Lands and provinces under direct Habsburg rule.
02
Ecclesiastical mints
Prince-archbishoprics with their own right to mint coinage.
03
Noble house mints
Aristocratic families granted minting privileges within the empire.