3 Pfennigs - Wenceslaus III Adam Teschen

Wenceslaus III Adam ruled Teschen from 1545 until his death in 1579, navigating the duchy through the competing pressures of Habsburg suzerainty and Lutheran Reformation sentiment — he himself converted to Lutheranism around 1550. This small silver issue belongs to the middle decades of his reign, when Silesian minting activity was fragmented across numerous petty principalities each exercising independent coinage rights under imperial privilege. The Kopicki R3 rarity designation reflects genuine scarcity, not collector neglect; Teschen's output was modest by any measure, and few pieces entered broad circulation beyond the duchy's immediate trade sphere.