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24 Kreuzers - Johann Christian Ohlau
| Issuer | Duchy of Liegnitz-Brieg (Silesia) |
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| Year | 1622 |
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| Reference(s) | FuS#1573 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A crowned, ornate squarish shield with a rounded base displaying a four-fold coat of arms of the Duchy of Liegnitz-Brieg, all within a beaded inner circle. The mint-master initials H-R appear divided to the left and right above the shield, with the denomination numeral '24' displayed prominently below the shield in the field. The Latin monetary legend runs around the periphery, terminating with the date 1622. |
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1622 places this squarely in the Kipper- und Wipperzeit, the currency debasement crisis that swept the Holy Roman Empire during the early Thirty Years' War. Princes, cities, and mint operators across Silesia raced to produce overvalued billon and debased silver coinage, then spent it into neighboring territories before the fraud collapsed. Liegnitz-Brieg was no exception.
Johann Christian held the Ohlau district as part of the partitioned Piast inheritance. The 24 Kreuzer denomination — the so-called Sechsbätzner — was one of the most abused coins of the crisis period, its stated value routinely exceeding its actual silver content by a factor of two or more.