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1 Dreier - Philip Ernest of Langenburg
| Issuer | Hohenlohe-Langenburg, County of |
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| Year | 1623 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field occupied by the quartered arms of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, surmounted by a princely crown, the shield displaying the characteristic lion and chequered quarters of the Hohenlohe family. The coat of arms is rendered in a bold, slightly crude hammered style typical of early seventeenth-century German minor coinage. A circular legend in Latin surrounds the shield, reading the ruler's abbreviated titles. The coin's flan is irregular and slightly off-round, consistent with hand-struck billon coinage of the period. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Issued during the Kipper- und Wipperzeit — the catastrophic currency debasement crisis that swept the Holy Roman Empire between roughly 1619 and 1623 — this small billon piece emerges from one of the most chaotic monetary episodes in German history. Petty lords and minor counts, including those of the fragmented Hohenlohe territories, exploited imperial monetary disorder by issuing debased coinage at profit, flooding regional markets before the inevitable collapse. Philip Ernest ruled Langenburg from 1610 until his death in 1628, and 1623 marks the tail end of the crisis, when attempts at stabilization were already underway.