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10 Kreuzers - Henry VIII of Bibra
| Issuer | Bishopric of Fulda |
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| Year | 1763-1764 |
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| Weight | 3.66 g |
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| Obverse description | Crowned oval bipartite coat of arms of the Bishopric of Fulda, flanked by decorative branches. The mintmaster's initials flank the denomination numeral '10' enclosed in brackets, positioned at the base of the design. The peripheral legend encircles the composition in Latin script, referencing the Conventions standard. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Heinrich VIII von Bibra ruled Fulda from 1759 until his death in 1788, presiding over one of the last independent ecclesiastical territories in the Holy Roman Empire during a period when secularization was already being debated in Vienna. The 1763–1764 date range for this issue almost certainly reflects post-war restabilization: the Seven Years' War had ended with the Peace of Hubertusburg in February 1763, and smaller ecclesiastical mints across the Empire typically resumed or adjusted silver coinage in its immediate aftermath as bullion flows normalized.
The dual Eichelmann references suggest this type spans two distinct die marriages — likely the 1763 and 1764 strikes cataloged separately by Eichelmann rather than representing a design change.