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24 Kreuzer - John
| Issuer | Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Principality of |
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| Year | 1622 |
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| Weight | 4.02 g |
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| Obverse description | Quartered shield of arms displaying the Hohenzollern coat of arms, divided into four quadrants featuring stags and a checky pattern, surmounted by a decorative flourish. The shield is set within a beaded inner circle. A circular Latin legend surrounds the shield, reading the ruler's name and titles. The date 1622 appears in the lower portion of the legend. |
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| Reverse description | Double-headed Imperial eagle displayed, with wings spread, bearing a central orb on the breast containing the denomination numeral '24'. The eagle is rendered in the typical early 17th-century Germanic style with detailed feather work. A beaded inner border frames the design, with a Latin legend in the outer border referencing the Imperial title. |
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The 24 Kreuzer denomination was a creature of the Kipper- und Wipperzeit — the currency crisis of 1619–1623 in which dozens of German mints, including minor imperial lordships like Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, debased their coinage aggressively to profit from the chaos. Princes would strike overvalued silver coins, flood neighboring territories with them, and withdraw good coin in exchange. The 4-gram weight on this piece is already telling: legitimate 24 Kreuzer coins of earlier decades ran heavier.
Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen's participation in this monetary free-for-all was brief but documented.