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1/2 Batzen - Charles II
| Issuer | Baden-Durlach, Margraviate of |
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| Year | 1572 |
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| Value | 2 Kreuzers (1⁄30) |
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| Reverse description | Crowned imperial double-headed eagle displayed, with a round orb on the breast bearing the numeral 'Z' (denoting the 2-Kreuzer denomination). The spread wings of the eagle fill the coin's field, and the surrounding marginal legend in Latin records the imperial titles of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, reading partially as MAXIMI · IMP · AVG · FEDEC. |
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| Mintage | 1572 - (15)72 |
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Charles II ruled Baden-Durlach from 1553 until his death in 1577, presiding over a territory that had been partitioned from the main Baden line in 1535 — a division that would persist until reunification under Louis William in 1771. The Batzen denomination itself was a southwestern German and Swiss standard, originally introduced in Bern around 1492, and by the 1570s was already showing signs of the denominational fragmentation that would worsen through the Kipper und Wipper crisis of the following century.
Wielandt 335 is not a common attribution in surviving collections.