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3 Kreuzers - Ferdinand II Breslau
| Issuer | Breslau Mint (Silesia) |
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| Year | 1617-1637 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Emperor Ferdinand II of Habsburg facing right, with value numeral '3' within a circle positioned below the effigy. The imperial titulature legend encircles the bust, interrupted by the value device, rendered in Latin script. The portrait is presented in the baroque style typical of early seventeenth-century Silesian coinage. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Ferdinand II's reign over Silesia was contested from the outset — he inherited a region with deep Protestant sympathies and spent much of the Thirty Years' War trying to suppress them. The Breslau mint operated under considerable pressure during this period, producing small silver issues to fund military and administrative costs while the broader monetary system of the Holy Roman Empire was being destabilized by the infamous Kipper und Wipperzeit debasement crisis of 1619–1622, during which vast quantities of underweight coinage flooded Central European markets.
Breslau's output from these years tends to show inconsistent planchet preparation — a direct consequence of wartime disruption to silver supplies from Silesian mining operations.