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1/2 Kreuzer - Anne-Geneviève
| Issuer | Duchy of Neuchâtel |
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| Year | 1666-1669 |
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| Weight | 0.6 g |
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| Obverse lettering | A · G · B · D · G · P · R · NOVICAS (Translation: Anne Geneviève of Bourbon, by the grace of God, Princess of Neuchâtel.) |
| Reverse description | A bold cross potent occupies the central field, its four arms terminating in transverse crossbars characteristic of the potent form. The cross is rendered in a plain, unadorned style typical of small hammered billon coinage of the period. A circular Latin legend surrounds the cross, reading from the margin inward and invoking divine protection over the righteous. The flan is irregular in shape, consistent with hand-struck production, and the strike shows typical unevenness across the field. |
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Anne-Geneviève de Bourbon-Condé governed Neuchâtel as regent from 1664 following the death of her son Henri II d'Orléans-Longueville, holding the principality under persistent legal challenge from rival claimants. Her tenure was brief and administratively contested — she died in 1679 without resolving the succession, which ultimately passed through years of competing claims before the Prussian Hohenzollerns secured it in 1707. Billon issues from her short reign are accordingly scarce, produced across a narrow four-year window before political pressures constrained the mint's output.