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1 Ducat - Joachim, Henry II, John and George II

Issuer Münsterberg-Oels, Duchy of
Year 1537-1553
Type Standard circulation coin
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Obverse lettering IOACH HEN IO GE D G D MVNSTER 1548
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Mintage 1537 NB - -
1538 NB - -
1539 - -
1539 IB - -
1540 IB - -
1541 IB - -
1542 IB - 154Z -
1543 - -
1544 - -
1545 - -
1546 - -
1547 - -
1548 - -
1549 - -
1550 - -
1551 - -
1552 - 155Z -
1553 - -
1553 MS - -
Additional information

Münsterberg-Oels was a Silesian Piast duchy operating under Bohemian suzerainty, and these joint-reign ducats reflect the dynastic complexity of the Piast cadet lines that persisted in Silesia well into the sixteenth century. The four co-rulers named — Joachim, Henry II, John, and George II — were brothers governing undivided territories under the inheritance customs that repeatedly frustrated Habsburg attempts to consolidate Silesian lands. Kopicki's R4 rarity rating is credible given how few Silesian ducal mints of this size could sustain gold coinage across a seventeen-year span.

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