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3 Kreuzers - Albrecht von Wallenstein
| Issuer | Duchy of Friedland (Albrecht von Wallenstein) |
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| Year | 1628-1630 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Armored bust of Albrecht von Wallenstein facing right, wearing a ruffled collar, set within a beaded inner circle. The effigy is rendered in a robust baroque style characteristic of early seventeenth-century German coinage. A Latin legend surrounds the portrait along the outer border, identifying the issuer. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Wallenstein acquired the Duchy of Friedland in 1623 as direct reward for his loyalty to the Habsburgs during the early Thirty Years' War, and with it came the right to mint coin — a privilege he exercised aggressively. His mints at Jičín and Gitschin produced issues across multiple denominations to fund his private army, which at its peak numbered over 100,000 men financed almost entirely through his own estates and currency manipulation.
The coinage rights were extinguished with his assassination at Eger in February 1634, making the entire Friedland series a tight five-year window.