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1 Goldgulden - Charles I Reichenstein
| Issuer | Duchy of Münsterberg-Oels (Silesia) |
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| Year | 1522 |
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| Value | 1 Goldgulden (3.5) |
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| Reverse description | Full-length standing figure of St. James the Apostle facing frontally, wearing a pilgrim's hat and cloak, and holding a staff in his left hand. The mintmaster's initials N-B appear divided on either side of the figure in the field. A small date is placed between the feet of the saint. The legend in Latin uncial script surrounds the figure within a fine beaded inner circle. |
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| Reverse lettering | MONE. AVRE. 15ZZ REICHSTEIN |
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Charles I of Münsterberg-Oels was a Piast duke ruling a fragmented Silesian territory that had been subdivided repeatedly through inheritance across the fifteenth century. By 1522, the duchy was navigating the early shockwaves of Lutheran reform while remaining nominally within the Bohemian crown's orbit under Habsburg authority. Goldgulden production at this scale by minor Silesian lords was partly an assertion of minting rights — rights the Habsburgs were already beginning to curtail across the region.
Müseler 57.1 is among the rarer citations in that series. Very few examples are documented in major collections.