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1 Schilling - Albert Frederick and Philip Louis Possidierende Fürsten
| Issuer | Jülich-Kleve-Berg, United duchies of |
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| Year | 1609-1612 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Central quartered coat of arms of the United Duchies of Jülich-Kleve-Berg, surmounted by an ornate crown. The shield displays the heraldic devices of the constituent territories: a lion rampant, fleurs-de-lis, and chevron motifs in the respective quarters. The entire armorial composition is set within a beaded inner circle, surrounded by a continuous Latin legend along the outer rim reading DVCES IVL CLIV ET MONT POSSID PRINC, identifying the possessory princes of Jülich, Cleves, and Berg. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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The United Duchies of Jülich-Kleve-Berg produced this schilling during one of the most politically fraught succession crises in early modern German history. Duke Johann Wilhelm died in 1609 without an heir, and the resulting Jülich-Kleve succession dispute drew in Brandenburg, Neuburg, the Dutch Republic, and Spain — nearly triggering a major European war before the assassination of Henri IV of France removed the crisis's most aggressive outside actor. Albert Frederick of Brandenburg and Philip Louis of Neuburg jointly administered the territories under the awkward "Possidierende Fürsten" arrangement while the great powers negotiated, and coinage issued under their dual authority remained in production only until the Treaty of Xanten in 1614 formally partitioned the duchies.