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3 Kreuzers - Franz von Dietrichstein
| Issuer | Bishopric of Olomouc |
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| Year | 1618-1619 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#90 |
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| Reverse description | Three heraldic shields arranged in a trilobe formation: the Dietrichstein arms at top, the Olomouc episcopal arms at right, and a third shield at left. The surrounding legend, commencing at 12 o'clock, reads for EPISCOPUS OLOMUCENSIS PRINCEPS, abbreviated as EPISCOP OLOMU PRIN. The date appears within or around the design. |
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| Reverse lettering | EPISCOP OLOMU PRIN |
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Franz von Dietrichstein governed Olomouc during one of the most violent ruptures in Central European history. The Bohemian Revolt erupted in May 1618 with the Defenestration of Prague, and this two-year issue straddles the precise moment the Thirty Years' War began. Dietrichstein, a cardinal and one of the most powerful Catholic figures in Moravia, remained firmly in Habsburg hands throughout — his coinage continued even as Protestant forces destabilized the region around him.
KM#90 is a short-lived type by definition, confined to a two-year window before the monetary disruptions of the war altered small silver production across the bishopric.