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1 Kreuzer - Wolfgang William
| Issuer | Palatinate-Neuburg, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1628 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Central ornate quartered shield bearing the arms of Palatinate-Neuburg, surmounted by a crowned helmet with crest, all within a beaded circle. The marginal legend in Latin contains the titles of Duke Wolfgang Wilhelm, running around the periphery of the coin. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Wolfgang William converted to Catholicism in 1613 — a calculated move to secure his inheritance of Jülich-Berg following the disputed succession crisis that drew in half the Protestant princes of the empire. The small silver coinage of his Neuburg territories reflects the fiscal strain of maintaining a court caught between confessional allegiances during the opening decades of the Thirty Years' War, with 1628 falling squarely in the period of maximum military disruption to Rhenish minting operations.