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1 Pfennig - Johann Schweikhard von Kronberg
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Mainz (German States) |
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| Year | 1621-1622 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse lettering | ML |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Johann Schweikhard von Kronberg's tenure as Archbishop-Elector of Mainz coincided with the opening chaos of the Thirty Years' War, and the small copper issues of 1621–22 belong firmly to the monetary disorder of that moment. The Holy Roman Empire's currency system was in freefall during the Kipper- und Wipperzeit — literally the "see-saw and tipping" period — when petty rulers and ecclesiastical authorities alike debased coinage at an extraordinary rate to profit from the arbitrage before the system collapsed. Mainz was no innocent bystander in that crisis.
Schweikhard died in September 1626, before the war's worst devastations reached the Rhineland.