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1/2 Batzen - John Christopher of Westerstetten
| Issuer | Bishopric of Eichstätt |
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| Year | 1623-1634 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | IOANNES * CHRISTOPH*E*E* |
| Reverse description | Imperial orb surmounted by an ornate imperial crown, with the numeral '2' inscribed within the orb to denote the half-Batzen denomination. The circular legend surrounding the orb references the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II, with abbreviated titles separated by stops. |
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John Christopher of Westerstetten's episcopate at Eichstätt coincided with the Thirty Years' War at its most destructive, and small silver fractions like this were struck specifically because larger denominations had become hoarded or melted. Eichstätt itself was occupied and plundered by Swedish forces in 1634, which almost certainly terminated this issue — the Cahn reference places it among the scarcest of the bishop's coinage types.