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6 Kreuzers - Charles I
| Issuer | Isenburg |
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| Year | 1811 |
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| Diameter | 18 mm |
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| Reverse description | Central field bears the denomination '6' above the two-line inscription 'KREUZER', with the date 1811 below, all enclosed within a wreath of oak branches tied at the base with a ribbon bow. The oak sprays are rendered in fine relief, rising symmetrically from the base and meeting at the top of the wreath. The reeded rim frames the entire design, lending a crisp, formal character consistent with early nineteenth-century German minting practice. |
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| Mintage | 1811 - - 1,000 |
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Isenburg's existence as a sovereign entity was already on borrowed time when this piece was struck. The county had been reorganized into the Principality of Isenburg under the Confederation of the Rhine in 1806, giving Charles I a brief window of nominal sovereignty before Napoleon's collapse unraveled the entire structure. The Confederation dissolved in 1813, and Isenburg was absorbed by Austria and later assigned to Hesse-Darmstadt — leaving this 1811 issue among the final coinage produced under an authority that survived barely seven years in its elevated form.