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3 Gute Kreuzer - Francis of Hatzfeld-Gleichen

Issuer County of Hatzfeld
Year 1684
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Obverse lettering FRANZ·GR·V·HATZF·
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Reverse lettering 3 // GVTE // KREVTZ // 1684
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Francis of Hatzfeld-Gleichen ruled a small Franconian county whose minting rights were perpetually contested — minor imperial counts of this rank frequently issued small-denomination silver as much to assert sovereign prerogative as to meet any genuine commercial need. The 1684 date places this squarely in the post-Westphalian period when the Holy Roman Empire's fragmented coinage landscape saw hundreds of petty lords exercising privileges that larger territories routinely tried to suppress.

KM#5 suggests a short series. Hatzfeld issues of this period rarely appear in trade.

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