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2 Kreuzers - Alexander Sigismund of Pfalz-Neuburg
| Issuer | Bishopric of Augsburg |
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| Year | 1694 |
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| Value | 2 Kreuzers (1⁄36) |
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| Obverse description | Crowned quartered coat of arms of Bishop Alexander Sigismund of Pfalz-Neuburg, displaying the complex heraldic bearings of the Bishopric of Augsburg impaled with the Pfalz-Neuburg dynastic arms, supported by decorative mantling. A bishop's crown surmounts the shield. The encircling legend runs along the coin's periphery within a milled border. |
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| Reverse description | Ornate oval cartouche bearing the numeral '2' in the center field, surrounded by elaborate scrollwork and foliate decoration. A bishop's mitre surmounts the cartouche, flanking the divided date 16-94. The legend AVGVSTANVS · EPISCOPVS encircles the design within a milled border. |
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Alexander Sigismund von Pfalz-Neuburg was appointed Bishop of Augsburg in 1690 through the direct influence of his brother, Elector Philipp Wilhelm of the Palatinate — a straightforward exercise of Wittelsbacher dynastic leverage over ecclesiastical appointments that the chapter was in no position to resist. His episcopate coincided with the long aftershocks of the Thirty Years' War still reverberating through Swabian monetary circulation, with debased small coinage from multiple authorities competing in local markets.
The 2 Kreuzer was the workhorse denomination of south German daily commerce. Augsburg's episcopal mint output for these small silver pieces was modest, and survivors in respectable condition are scarcer than their nominal status would suggest.