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1/4 Kreuzer - Ferdinand II
| Issuer | Royal Mint of Silesia |
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| Year | 1625 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Uniface: the reverse is entirely blank, with no design, inscription, or decoration. The surface shows the characteristic rough, unworked texture of a hammered billon flan, with natural flow lines and patination consistent with the crude striking method employed for this low-denomination emergency coinage. |
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Ferdinand II's Silesian quarter kreuzer issues of 1625 fall squarely within the economic chaos of the Kipper- und Wipperzeit — the "clipping and culling" crisis of 1619–1623 that debased small-denomination coinage across the Holy Roman Empire so aggressively that monetary confidence in the region had barely begun recovering by the time this piece was struck. Silesia, as a hereditary Habsburg land only recently brought to heel after the Bohemian revolt, was under particular pressure to stabilize its minting output.
Herinek 1634 is a scarce attribution within the Ferdinand II billon series, with surviving examples predominantly found in central European regional collections.