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3 Kipper Kreuzer - Paris von Lodron
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Salzburg |
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| Year | 1622 |
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| Weight | 0.94 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Paris von Lodron issued this piece during the Kipper- und Wipperzeit, the currency crisis of 1619–1623 in which German and Austrian mints systematically debased their coinage to exploit fixed exchange rates, flooding the Holy Roman Empire with underweight, low-silver billon. Salzburg was not immune to the pressure — neighboring territories were doing it, and the regional economy demanded participation. The crisis ultimately collapsed under its own weight when merchants and money-changers refused the debased coins outright.
Zöttl 1736 places this among the documented Salzburg kipper issues before von Lodron stabilized the archbishopric's coinage in the mid-1620s.