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3 Kreuzers - Ferdinand II Neisse
| Issuer | Mint of Neisse (Nysa), Silesia |
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| Year | 1624 |
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| Currency | Thaler |
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| Reverse description | Crowned double-headed imperial eagle displayed, with a central shield on the breast bearing the quartered arms of Austria and Burgundy. The denomination numeral '3' appears within a small circle below the eagle's tail, indicating the 3 Kreuzer value. The encircling Latin legend, commencing at 12 o'clock, reads ARCHID A D BV CO TY, followed by the date 1624, all contained within a beaded inner circle. The heraldic composition is characteristic of Habsburgian Silesian issues of the Kipper und Wipper period. |
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| Mintage | 1624 |
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Ferdinand II was confirmed as King of Bohemia in 1620 following the Battle of White Mountain, an outcome that brought Silesian minting authorities back under firm Habsburg control after years of Protestant-dominated administration. The Neisse mint, operating under the authority of the Prince-Bishops of Breslau, was one of the few Silesian mints with a continuous Catholic institutional footing throughout the Thirty Years' War period. By 1624, the imperial monetary reforms associated with the Kipper und Wipperzeit — the coinage debasement crisis that had destabilized Central European currency markets from roughly 1619 to 1623 — were still fresh, giving small silver issues like this one renewed credibility precisely because the debased copper-heavy alternatives had collapsed so visibly.