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2 Kreuzers - Frederick I
| Issuer | Montbéliard, County of |
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| Year | 1589-1593 |
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| Diameter | 20 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Imperial double-headed eagle displayed in the field, each head surmounted by a crown and both heads topped by a single imperial crown above. On the eagle's breast, a shield bearing the letter 'Z' (for Zwei, denoting 2 Kreuzers). The surrounding legend reads: RVLOD.Z.IMP.AVG.P.F.DEC, referencing Emperor Rudolf II as Augustus, Pater Patriae, Decemvir, conferring imperial authority upon the coinage. |
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Frederick I of Württemberg held Montbéliard as a county from 1581 until his elevation to Duke of Württemberg in 1593 — the same year this series ends. The small silver issues from his Montbéliard tenure occupy an awkward numismatic space, too regionally specific for most Württemberg collectors and too German in character for most collectors of French provincial coinage, which has historically kept prices modest despite genuinely limited survival numbers.