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2 Kreuzer
| Issuer | Augsburg, Free city of |
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| Year | 1623-1637 |
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| Currency | Thaler |
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| Obverse description | Imperial double-headed eagle displayed with spread wings, each head crowned individually and surmounted by a central imperial crown above. At the center of the eagle's breast, a circular shield bears the numeral '2' indicating the denomination. A circular beaded inner border frames the design, with the Latin legend distributed around the periphery of the field. |
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| Reverse description | The civic arms of Augsburg — the distinctive pine cone emblem of the city — positioned centrally in the field, flanked by and dividing the date. A circular beaded border encloses the design, with a Latin legend running around the periphery identifying the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand as the imperial authority. |
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Augsburg's output during these years falls squarely within the Thirty Years' War, a conflict that devastated the city's economy and population — the city changed hands between Catholic Imperial and Swedish Protestant forces, and by the war's end had lost roughly a third of its inhabitants to plague, famine, and violence. Municipal coinages like this one continued partly from civic necessity and partly to assert a degree of autonomy that was becoming increasingly difficult to maintain under Imperial pressure.