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10 Kreuzers - Christian IV
| Issuer | Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Zweibrücken, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1763-1765 |
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| Currency | Thaler |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Duke Christian IV facing right, with wigged hair falling to the shoulder, occupying the central field. The surrounding legend reads CHRISTIAN IV D G C P R BAV DUX in Roman capitals, arranged along the coin's periphery. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Zweibrücken was one of the more obscure Wittelsbach collateral lines, and Christian IV ruled it for barely a decade before dying in 1775. The 1763 start date for this issue is telling — the Seven Years' War had just concluded, and the small German territories were scrambling to restabilize their coinage after years of wartime monetary disruption. Many kreuzers from this period were struck to substandard fineness by neighboring states, forcing legitimate issuers to assert quality through new emissions.
The duchy's mint at Zweibrücken handled production. Output across the type's three-year window was modest.