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½ Kreuzer - Ferdinand III Prague
| Issuer | Kingdom of Bohemia |
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| Year | 1655 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | F III 1655 |
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Ferdinand III spent much of his reign managing the catastrophic aftermath of the Thirty Years' War, which ended in 1648 — just seven years before this piece was struck. The Peace of Westphalia had left Bohemia's economy hollowed out, and small silver fractions like this circulated in a monetary environment still struggling to absorb decades of debasement and wartime coin manipulation by multiple competing powers.
Prague's mint was among the most active in Central Europe during this period, though output quality for the smallest denominations was notoriously inconsistent. At 0.3 g, production losses to clipping and wear were nearly immediate.