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3 Kreuzers - Ferdinand II Breslau
| Issuer | Mint of Breslau (Silesia) |
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| Year | 1624-1625 |
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| Currency | Thaler |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1624 - no face value - 1624 - no mint mark - 1624 BZ - BZ below bust - 1624 BZ - HT - BZ below bust, HT after date - 1624 HR - HR divided by the eagle - 1624 W - W below bust - 1625 - no mint mark - 1625 AT - AT below bust - 1625 HR - HR divided by the eagle - 1625 W - W below bust - |
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These pieces fall squarely in the chaos of the Kipper- und Wipperzeit, the currency debasement crisis that swept the Holy Roman Empire between roughly 1619 and 1623. Mints across Silesia — Breslau included — had been racing to strike debased small silver, and by 1624 the imperial authorities were attempting to claw back monetary order through a series of remediation edicts. The Breslau 3 Kreuzer of 1624–25 sits at that awkward moment of correction, struck on improved but still inconsistent flans as the mint transitioned away from crisis-era practices.
Herinek's range of 1260–1272 reflects genuine die variety across the two-year span — not collector splitting for its own sake.