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15 Kreuzer
| Issuer | Fugger-Babenhausen-Wellenburg, County of |
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| Year | 1676 |
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| Weight | 5 g |
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| Obverse lettering | GRAF : FVGGER : 15 : ISCHE : MINTZ |
| Reverse description | A large double-headed imperial eagle displayed in the field, with wings spread and both heads facing outward, rendered in the bold style typical of late Baroque German coinage. A small orb or shield appears on the eagle's breast. The date 1676 is divided and incorporated within the circumferential legend. The Latin motto legend encircles the eagle, reading IN : DOMINO : SPES : NOSTRA, meaning 'In the Lord is our hope,' with the mint master's initials FS appearing in the lower field beneath the eagle's tail. |
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The Fugger banking dynasty had long since passed its sixteenth-century peak as creditors to the Habsburgs by the time this piece was struck, but the family retained their minting rights in Babenhausen-Wellenburg well into the later seventeenth century. The 15 Kreuzer denomination itself was a product of the post-Kipper und Wipper inflationary chaos — a denomination that emerged as German territorial authorities attempted to restabilize small-denomination silver coinage after decades of debased emergency issues had eroded public trust.