Burg Hasegg / Münze Hall in Tirol

About this audio guide

This guide to Burg Hasegg and the mint at Hall in Tirol in Innsbruck follows Archduke Sigismund, nicknamed Rich in Coin, whose silver from the mines at nearby Schwaz filled this tower with Europe's first dollar-sized coins in the fourteen eighties. You will hear how his taste for castles, festivals and a glittering court set him against the Tyrolean nobles who controlled his fortune. Stand at the tower where that silver first became money and listen for what a legendary fortune was actually worth in the end.