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1 Kreuzer - Franz Egon von Fürstenberg
| Issuer | Bishopric of Strasbourg |
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| Year | 1663-1682 |
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| Currency | Thaler |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | ND (1663-1682) |
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Franz Egon von Fürstenberg's tenure as Prince-Bishop of Strasbourg was inseparable from French political ambition — he was effectively a client of Louis XIV, whose annexation of Strasbourg in 1681 rendered the bishopric's independent coinage redundant almost immediately. This kreuzer belongs to the final decade of ecclesiastical minting there before French municipal authority absorbed the city entirely.
At 0.38 g, these were struck at the lower boundary of practical silver coinage, and surviving examples are frequently found clipped or heavily worn from small-transaction use in Alsatian markets.