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3 Kreuzers - John Christopher of Westerstetten
| Issuer | Bishopric of Eichstätt (German States) |
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| Year | 1622-1623 |
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| Weight | 2.1 g |
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| Obverse description | Quartered shield of arms displayed within a beaded inner circle, the quarters bearing the heraldic devices of the Bishopric of Eichstätt and the personal arms of Bishop Johann Christoph von Westerstetten. The shield is rendered in a simple, somewhat crude hammered style typical of early 17th-century German ecclesiastical coinage. A circular Latin legend surrounds the inner circle, incorporating the date 1623, and reads: IANNES CHRISTOPH E EY 16 23. |
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| Reverse lettering | FERDINAN • II • ROM • IMP • S • A |
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John Christopher of Westerstetten governed Eichstätt during one of the most monetarily chaotic episodes in German history — the Kipper- und Wipperzeit, a currency crisis of 1619–1623 in which mints across the Holy Roman Empire raced to debase coinage, clip bullion, and flood circulation with underweight small silver. This 3 Kreuzer falls squarely within that window. Eichstätt, a small ecclesiastical principality with limited economic weight, was nonetheless minting aggressively alongside its neighbors, many of whom were exploiting the chaos for short-term fiscal gain.
Westerstetten himself was better known as a zealous promoter of witch trials in the region than as a monetary reformer.