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6 Kreuzers Sechser - Sigismund
| Issuer | Tyrol, County of |
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| Year | 1482-1489 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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| Reverse lettering | + GRO S COM ITIS TIROL |
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Sigismund of Tyrol — "the Rich" — was one of the first rulers anywhere to strike large silver coins in quantity, his Guldengroschen of 1486 marking a genuine turning point in European monetary history. The 6 Kreuzer Sechser belongs to the same program of ambitious silver coinage made possible by the Schwaz mines in the Inn Valley, which by the 1480s were producing silver on a scale that no other source in Europe could match. Sigismund essentially had more metal than precedent told him what to do with.
He abdicated in favor of Maximilian I in 1490, ending this series abruptly.