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2 Thalers - Charles Ferdinand Vasa
| Uitgever | Bishopric of Breslau (Silesia) |
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| Jaar | 1639 |
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| Techniek | Hammered |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Draped bust of Charles Ferdinand Vasa, Bishop of Breslau, facing three-quarters to the right, with long flowing hair and a small goatee, wearing a clerical collar and cape. The effigy is rendered in high relief with considerable artistic detail characteristic of the Baroque period. A Latin legend encircles the bust beginning at approximately 8 o'clock, reading CAR FERD PP ET S EPS WRAT. The date 1639 appears in the lower exergue beneath the portrait. |
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| Schrift keerzijde | Latin |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
Charles Ferdinand Vasa, younger brother of the Polish King Władysław IV, held the Bishopric of Breslau from 1625 until his death in 1655 — a tenure marked by his conspicuous reluctance to take full holy orders, which he never did. He remained a bishop-elect throughout, enjoying the revenues of the see without the ecclesiastical obligations. The 1639 date places this issue squarely in the middle of the Thirty Years' War, when Silesia was a contested theatre and the Catholic Habsburgs were reasserting control over the region's Protestant population.
The double thaler format was prestige coinage, not circulation silver.