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24 Kipper Kreuzers - Charles the Posthumous
| Issuer | Bishopric of Brixen (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1622 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Kipper und Wipperzeit — literally "the tipping and clipping time" — was a currency debasement crisis that swept the Holy Roman Empire between roughly 1619 and 1623, driven by rulers and minters competing to produce increasingly debased coinage while hoarding full-weight silver. The Bishopric of Brixen was among the ecclesiastical territories that participated, striking inflated-denomination pieces like this 24 Kreuzer to extract seigniorage profit before the bubble collapsed. When it did collapse, currency values crashed catastrophically and the debased issues were recalled or simply abandoned in circulation.
Charles of Austria, called "the Posthumous" because he was born after his father's death in 1624 — meaning this coin was struck under his predecessor's authority and retitled retrospectively — was Prince-Bishop of Brixen from 1625. The attribution of this 1622 issue to Charles therefore warrants scrutiny against the actual episcopal succession record for Brixen.