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1/2 Batzen - Frederick III
| Issuer | Palatinate |
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| Year | 1570 |
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| Reference(s) | MB#154, Noss Be#236, Slg. Memme#2205 |
| Obverse description | Quartered shield bearing the arms of Pfalz and Bavaria, with a central escutcheon, flanked by the divided date. The surrounding legend contains the titles of Friedrich III, Elector Palatine, rendered in Latin within a beaded border. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Frederick III ruled the Electoral Palatinate as a committed Calvinist — the only Calvinist among the Imperial Electors — which brought him into direct conflict with both Lutheran princes and the Habsburg emperor throughout the 1560s and 1570s. His monetary issues were secondary to his political ambitions; he spent considerable Palatinate resources funding Huguenot campaigns in France and the Dutch revolt against Spain. The half-Batzen coinage of 1570 belongs to a stretch of issues produced while Frederick was navigating the aftermath of the Second Huguenot War and consolidating Reformed church governance in the Palatinate.