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5 Ducats - Henry Wenceslaus and Charles Frederick I
| Uitgever | Duchy of Münsterberg-Oels (Silesia) |
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| Jaar | 1620 |
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| Referentie(s) | Fr#3257, FuS#2223 |
| Beschrijving voorzijde | Two facing busts of the co-ruling dukes Henry Wenceslaus and Charles Frederick, depicted facing each other in three-quarter view at centre, both armoured and wearing ruffled collars in the Renaissance courtly style. The date 1620 appears in the lower field between the two effigies. A circular Latin legend surrounds the busts within a beaded border, reading D : G * HEINRI • WENCES * ET * CAROL * FRIDE * FRAT • 1620, identifying the two brothers by name as rulers by the grace of God. |
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| Schrift keerzijde | Latin |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
1620 was an almost impossibly bad year to be a Protestant Silesian duke. The Battle of White Mountain in November of that year effectively ended Bohemian and Silesian autonomy under Habsburg rule, and Henry Wenceslaus and Charles Frederick I — the two brothers who jointly administered Münsterberg-Oels — found themselves on the losing side of a catastrophic political realignment. Multi-ducat gold issues of this type were almost certainly struck for presentation or diplomatic purposes rather than commerce; the Duchy's actual financial position was precarious throughout the early Thirty Years' War.
Münsterberg-Oels coinage from this precise moment is rare by survival rather than original mintage intent.