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2 Kreuzers - Francis, William Ernest, Christian and Volrad
| Issuer | County of Waldeck |
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| Year | 1589-1595 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse description | Central field depicts the crowned Waldeck coat of arms — a shield bearing an eight-pointed star — surmounted by an ornate mantle or mantling and a crested helm with spread eagle displayed above. The shield is set within a beaded inner circle, with a Latin legend encircling the periphery of the flan. The hammered flan exhibits the characteristic irregular outline typical of late 16th-century German small silver coinage. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Waldeck's joint coinage under Francis, William Ernest, Christian, and Volrad reflects the county's practice of collective rule among male heirs — a dynastic arrangement that kept the territory from fragmenting while producing issues authorized under all living counts simultaneously. The four names on a coin weighing barely a gram is less a design choice than a legal formality of Westphalian inheritance custom.