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1 Ducat - Henry III and Charles II
| Issuer | Münsterberg-Oels, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1563-1570 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Four small armorial shields arranged in two pairs, two above and two below, with a smaller central shield of Münsterberg at center. The date is divided to the left and right of the central shield. A Latin legend encircles the design within a beaded border, identifying the joint rulers Henry and Charles by name and title. |
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| Reverse description | Full-length figure of Saint Christopher depicted standing, rendered in the late Renaissance hammered style, bearing the Christ Child upon his left shoulder; the Child raises his right hand in benediction and holds a cross-topped orb. Saint Christopher is shown wading, supported by a tall staff in his right hand, his robes rendered with flowing drapery. A Latin legend encircles the design within a beaded border, referencing the gold coinage of Reichenstein. |
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Münsterberg-Oels was a small Silesian duchy that passed through the Podiebrad dynasty before falling under Habsburg suzerainty — a political reality that shaped its coinage more than its rulers did. Henry III and Charles II ruled jointly, a co-regency arrangement common among Silesian Piast and Podiebrad successors when inheritance produced multiple male heirs without a clean partition of territory.
The seven-year span of this type reflects the duration of that joint rule, not a prolonged minting program. Ducats from minor Silesian duchies of this period were struck in very small quantities and rarely traveled far from local noble transactions.