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1 Kreuzer - Charles Albert
| Issuer | Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schilingfürst, County of |
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| Year | 1768 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#45 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | HOHENLOHE WALDENBVRG: CONVENT: 1. Kr. 1768 S.N R. |
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Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schilingsfürst was one of the more obscure subdivisions of the already fragmented Hohenlohe family holdings in Franconia — a county so small it survived largely through the protections of the Holy Roman Empire's constitutional structure rather than any economic or military weight of its own. Charles Albert ruled a territory measured in villages, yet retained the minting rights that imperial immediacy conferred. This kreuzer is essentially a byproduct of that legal privilege.
Billon issues of this type circulated alongside dozens of nearly identical small coins from neighboring Franconian lordships, making attribution in worn condition genuinely difficult.