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3 Kreuzer
| Issuer | Rottweil, City of |
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| Year | 1622 |
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| Weight | 1 g |
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| Obverse description | Central shield bearing the Rottweil city eagle, with the numeral '3' displayed within a circular cartouche on the breast of the eagle. The eagle's wings are spread and rendered in a stylized heraldic fashion typical of early 17th-century German municipal coinage. The peripheral legend encircles the design within a beaded border. |
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| Obverse lettering | MO. NO. ROTWILENSIS. |
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Rottweil struck this issue in 1622 at the height of the Kipper- und Wipperzeit, the currency debasement crisis that swept the Holy Roman Empire between roughly 1619 and 1623. Municipalities, princes, and episcopal mints alike raced to strike debased coinage, pocket the difference in bullion value, and flood neighboring territories with underweight pieces. Rottweil, as a Free Imperial City with its own mint rights, participated — though its output was modest compared to larger territorial mints.
Nau's corpus remains the authoritative reference for Rottweil civic coinage, and KM#2 pieces from this year are scarce in any condition.