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.
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.