5 Ducats - Henry Wenceslaus and Charles Frederick I

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.