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1 Böhmisch - Constantine of Buttlar
| Issuer | Fulda, Abbey of |
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| Year | 1724 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse lettering | CONST•D.G•PR•ET•AB•FULD |
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| Reverse lettering | * I * / BÖH / MISCH / 1724 / * |
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Constantine of Buttlar ruled Fulda as prince-abbot from 1714 until his death in 1726, a tenure marked by ambitious Baroque building projects that strained the abbey's finances considerably. The tiny böhmisch — essentially a kreuzer fraction circulating across the fractured currency landscape of the Holy Roman Empire — was one of several small silver denominations Fulda struck to meet local transactional demand. The abbey held the rank of an imperial prince-abbacy, giving it the right to strike coin independently, a privilege jealously maintained even as the denomination's silver content made it barely worth the minting cost.