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½ Kreuzer - John Christopher of Westerstetten
| Issuer | Bishopric of Eichstätt (German States) |
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| Year | 1623-1624 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | 16 • 23 |
| Reverse description | A crowned imperial orb occupies the center of the field, depicted as a globus cruciger surmounted by an ornate Imperial crown rendered in high relief. The fraction ½, denoting the denomination of one-half Kreuzer, is inscribed within the orb's circular band. The design is contained within a dentilated inner border, with the coin's milled edge forming the outer boundary. |
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John Christopher of Westerstetten's tenure as Prince-Bishop of Eichstätt coincided almost exactly with the opening devastation of the Thirty Years' War, and this tiny silver piece reflects the monetary chaos that followed. The war fractured the Holy Roman Empire's coinage system catastrophically — the Kipper und Wipperzeit, the currency-debasing crisis of 1618–1623, saw hundreds of mints flood circulation with debased small denominations. Eichstätt was no exception.
The 1623–1624 dating places this issue at the tail end of that crisis, as the Empire scrambled toward stabilization under the Reichsmünzordnung reforms.