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12 Kreuzers - Francis Egon of Fürstenberg
| Issuer | Bishopric of Strasbourg (French States) |
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| Year | 1666 |
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| Value | 12 Kreuzers (3⁄20) |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Francis Egon of Fürstenberg facing right, depicted with flowing hair, set within a beaded inner circle. The surrounding Latin legend reads FRANS EGON D G EP AR ADM MVR ET L, identifying the bishop by name and titles. The portrait is rendered in a baroque style typical of mid-17th century German ecclesiastical coinage. The field is plain with no exergue inscription. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Francis Egon of Fürstenberg was one of the most effective French agents operating within the Holy Roman Empire during the 1660s, working closely with Louis XIV to draw German princes into the French orbit — a role that would eventually earn him a cardinal's hat. His tenure as Bishop of Strasbourg was itself a product of Franco-imperial political maneuvering, and the coinage issued under his authority reflects a diocese caught between two worlds: nominally imperial in monetary form, increasingly French in political reality. Strasbourg would be annexed outright by France in 1681, just fifteen years after this piece was struck.