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3 Schauguldiner - Maximilian I Hall
| Issuer | Habsburg Mint Hall in Tirol |
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| Year | 1505 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mint | Hall in Tirol Mint |
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The Schauguldiner — literally "show gulden" — was never intended for commerce. These oversized silver pieces were prestige objects, struck for distribution at court, as diplomatic gifts, and occasionally as wearable display. Maximilian I was particularly aggressive in deploying them as instruments of dynastic projection, commissioning multiple formats from the Hall mint throughout his reign.
The triple-weight striking of 1505 places this piece among the most ambitious of the series. Hall's skilled die-cutters, working under court supervision, produced these in small numbers — attrition over five centuries has made survivors genuinely rare.