Conrad William of Wertnau served as suffragan bishop of Würzburg rather than as the ruling prince-bishop, which makes his appearance as issuing authority on coinage an administrative curiosity. The Bishopric of Würzburg held the right to mint under its prince-bishops, and 1683 fell under the reign of Peter Philipp von Dernbach — meaning this schilling exists in a peculiar jurisdictional gap that specialists have never fully resolved to consensus.
The Helmschrot reference places it firmly in the documented series, but surviving examples are seldom encountered.
Conrad William of Wertnau served as suffragan bishop of Würzburg rather than as the ruling prince-bishop, which makes his appearance as issuing authority on coinage an administrative curiosity. The Bishopric of Würzburg held the right to mint under its prince-bishops, and 1683 fell under the reign of Peter Philipp von Dernbach — meaning this schilling exists in a peculiar jurisdictional gap that specialists have never fully resolved to consensus.
The Helmschrot reference places it firmly in the documented series, but surviving examples are seldom encountered.