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1 Groschen - Ferdinand of Bayern
| Issuer | Bishopric of Hildesheim |
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| Year | 1619 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Central ornate cartouche bearing the arms of the Bishopric of Hildesheim — a stepped arrangement featuring the episcopal symbols — framed by elaborate baroque scrollwork and surmounted by a stylised flower or rosette at the top. A peripheral legend in Latin runs around the circumference of the irregularly shaped flan, partially visible at the edges of the field. |
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| Reverse description | Imperial orb displaying the denomination numeral '24' (signifying 1/24 Thaler), centrally placed within the field. The date 1619 is divided within the surrounding circular legend, which records the titles of Holy Roman Emperor Matthias in Latin abbreviation. The composition follows the standard Kipper- and Wipperzeit groschen format of the period. |
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Ferdinand of Bavaria was appointed Bishop of Hildesheim in 1612 as part of the Wittelsbach family's aggressive strategy of accumulating ecclesiastical offices across the Holy Roman Empire — he simultaneously held the archbishopric of Cologne, the bishoprics of Liège, Münster, and Paderborn, and several other posts. This coin was struck the year after the Defenestration of Prague, on the eve of a war that would devastate Hildesheim's region for decades.