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1 Kreuzer
| Issuer | Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein, County of |
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| Year | 1683-1686 |
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| Value | 1 kreuzer (1⁄90) |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the quartered arms of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein, depicting a rampant lion within a rectangular shield surmounted by an elaborate coronet. The shield is flanked on either side by a decorative palm or laurel branch, the sprigs extending vertically to frame the central device. The overall composition is characteristic of late 17th-century German hammered coinage, with the heraldic design occupying nearly the full flan within a plain inner border. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein was among the smallest of the fractured German territories exercising coinage rights under the Holy Roman Empire — a county whose mint output was modest enough that pieces from this 1683–1686 window survive in tiny numbers. The bimetallic construction at this weight and diameter pushed the absolute lower boundary of what was technically feasible for a circulating piece.