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2 Kreuzers - John I
| Issuer | Duchy of Palatinate-Zweibrücken |
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| Year | 1590-1598 |
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| Weight | 1.3 g |
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| Obverse lettering | IOHA. D.G. C(O). PA. RH. DV. BA. CO. V. |
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| Mintage | 1590 - (15)90 - 1591 - (15)91 - 1592 - (15)92 - 1598 - (15)98 - |
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Palatinate-Zweibrücken was a minor Rhenish duchy perpetually squeezed between larger Catholic neighbors, and John I — who ruled from 1569 until his death in 1604 — navigated that pressure as a committed Calvinist at a moment when confessional allegiance carried real political consequences. Small silver issues like this Kreuzer circulated primarily within the duchy's limited territory, where the Reformed faith had been imposed by ducal decree in the 1570s, making even routine coinage a quiet assertion of independent authority.