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3 Kreuzers - Charles Ferdinand Vasa
| Issuer | Bishopric of Breslau |
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| Year | 1654 |
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| Value | 3 Kreuzer (1/20) |
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| Reverse description | Ornate quartered coat of arms of Charles Ferdinand Vasa surmounted by a bishop's mitre and crown, displaying the heraldic devices of his multiple titles including the Vasa dynastic arms, enclosed within a beaded inner circle. The surrounding Latin legend, divided by the shield, reads EPIS WRA & PLO DVX OP & R followed by the date 1654, referencing his roles as Bishop of Wroclaw (Breslau) and Plock, and Duke of Opole and Racibórz. The denomination numeral 3 appears at the base of the design. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Charles Ferdinand Vasa held the Bishopric of Breslau from 1625 until his death in 1655, a position made politically awkward by the fact that he was simultaneously a serious candidate for the Polish throne on multiple occasions — most notably in 1632 and again in 1648. A Polish prince of the Vasa dynasty administering a Silesian Catholic bishopric under Habsburg suzerainty while the Thirty Years' War reshaped the surrounding territories made for an unusual issuing authority. This 1654 piece came just one year before his death, placing it among the final emissions of his episcopate.