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3 Kreuzers - Ernest II
| Issuer | Solms-Lich, County of |
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| Year | 1613-1618 |
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| Thickness | 0.65 mm |
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| Reverse description | Crowned double-headed imperial eagle displayed in the field, with wings spread, bearing a small circular orb on its breast containing the numeral 3, denoting the denomination in Kreuzer. The surrounding Latin legend names the Holy Roman Emperor Matthias I, with abbreviated imperial titles running along the outer border within a beaded circle. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Solms-Lich was a small Protestant territory in the Wetterau that found itself increasingly squeezed between larger powers in the years immediately preceding the Thirty Years' War. Ernest II issued these small silver pieces during a period when the Reichskreis monetary system was under sustained pressure from debased coin flooding in from less scrupulous mints — the so-called Kipper und Wipper crisis was already taking shape at the edges of German commercial life before the war made it catastrophic.
The five-year span of this issue likely reflects production tied to specific fair-circuit demand rather than continuous minting, as Lich held market rights that required reliable small change.