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3 Heller - Frederick Charles of Schönborn
| Issuer | Bishopric of Würzburg |
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| Year | 1732-1737 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central shield displaying the quartered arms of the Bishopric of Würzburg and the Schönborn family, with decorative scrollwork flanking the shield on either side. Below the shield, the last two digits of the date are visible in the field. Above the shield, the denomination numeral III and the letter H (for Heller) are inscribed within a beaded inner border. The entire design is enclosed within a finely beaded circular border. The overall style is characteristic of early eighteenth-century German ecclesiastical coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | III H 17 32 (or 17 37) |
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Frederick Charles von Schönborn ruled Würzburg simultaneously with the Bishopric of Bamberg from 1729, an unusual consolidation of ecclesiastical territories that shaped the mint output of both sees during the 1730s. His reign coincided with the final construction phases of the Würzburg Residenz — Balthasar Neumann's sprawling palace — a project Frederick Charles personally championed and funded aggressively, straining diocesan finances throughout the decade these Heller were struck.
Billon issues at this denomination were effectively fiduciary small change, with the silver content so debased by this period as to be nearly nominal.