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3 Kreuzers - Silesian Evangelic Estates Wroclaw
| Issuer | Silesian Evangelical Estates |
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| Year | 1634 |
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| Currency | Thaler |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the Silesian eagle with spread wings, facing left, rendered in relief within a beaded inner circle. The numeral 3, denoting the denomination, appears within a small oval cartouche at the base of the eagle. A circular Latin legend runs along the outer border, reading MON . PRINC . ET STAT . EVANG SIL, identifying the issuing authority as the Princes and Evangelical Estates of Silesia. The die-work is characteristic of early seventeenth-century hammered coinage, with bold lettering and strong heraldic imagery. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a five-line Latin inscription filling the entire field, reading SI DEVS PRO NOBIS QVIS CONTRA NOS, a scriptural motto from Romans 8:31 meaning 'If God is with us, who can be against us.' The legend is arranged in five horizontal lines across the coin's face, with small decorative rosette or pellet stops flanking the uppermost line. The date of issue appears below the final line of text. The bold, compressed lettering style is consistent with hammered silver coinage of the Thirty Years' War period. |
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The Silesian Evangelical Estates struck coins during the Thirty Years' War as a direct assertion of political and confessional autonomy against Habsburg pressure — Silesia's Protestant nobility had secured significant religious guarantees under the 1609 Letter of Majesty issued by Rudolf II, and they defended those rights aggressively, including through independent minting. By 1634, the war had already devastated much of central Europe, and the Estates' ability to produce coinage was increasingly precarious. The Edict of Restitution of 1629 had already stripped many Protestant privileges across the empire, making issues from this exact period documents of a losing struggle.
Wrocław fell under direct Habsburg control by 1635, ending this minting authority entirely.