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24 Kreuzers - Henry Wenceslaus and Charles Frederick I
| Issuer | Duchy of Münsterberg-Oels |
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| Year | 1621 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Reverse description | Central field features a displayed Silesian eagle with wings spread, rendered in bold relief within a beaded inner circle. The denomination numeral (24) appears in parentheses at the base of the eagle beneath its talons. The surrounding legend reads DV:GLOG:SAG:ET:BER:COM:GL:ET:DOM:IN:WOHL:L:B:, denoting the further titles of the dukes as Dukes of Glogau, Sagan and Bernstadt, Counts of Glatz and Lords of Wohlau, with the date 1621 integrated into the legend at the top of the coin. |
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| Mintage | 1621 - - 1621 - - 1621 - - |
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Issued during the Kipper- und Wipperzeit — the catastrophic currency debasement that swept the Holy Roman Empire between roughly 1619 and 1623 — this coin belongs to one of the most inflationary episodes in pre-modern European monetary history. Dozens of minor German princes, Münsterberg-Oels among them, exploited imperial monetary disorder by minting debased multiples of the Kreuzer far in excess of their silver content, then spending them into neighboring territories before the fraud caught up.
The Kopicki rarity designation reflects how thoroughly these pieces were subsequently called in and reminted once authorities moved to suppress the debased coinage.