Drossen — now Ośno Lubuskie in western Poland — issued emergency coinage in 1622 during the monetary chaos of the Kipper- und Wipperzeit, a currency crisis that swept the Holy Roman Empire between roughly 1619 and 1623. Municipalities, lordships, and minor authorities across the German lands debased silver coinage so aggressively that small copper issues like this one filled the vacuum left by worthless billon. The crisis coincided directly with the opening phase of the Thirty Years' War, and the connection was not incidental — war financing gutted monetary standards empire-wide.
KM#1 for this issuer, meaning no prior municipal coinage is recorded for Drossen.
Drossen — now Ośno Lubuskie in western Poland — issued emergency coinage in 1622 during the monetary chaos of the Kipper- und Wipperzeit, a currency crisis that swept the Holy Roman Empire between roughly 1619 and 1623. Municipalities, lordships, and minor authorities across the German lands debased silver coinage so aggressively that small copper issues like this one filled the vacuum left by worthless billon. The crisis coincided directly with the opening phase of the Thirty Years' War, and the connection was not incidental — war financing gutted monetary standards empire-wide.
KM#1 for this issuer, meaning no prior municipal coinage is recorded for Drossen.