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60 Kreuzer - Georg Philip
| Issuer | Haldenstein, Lordship of |
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| Year | 1689 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Reverse description | Crowned double-headed imperial eagle displayed, with wings spread, bearing a central shield on its breast charged with the Habsburg arms. The value numeral '60' appears in a cartouche or circular shield at the base of the eagle. The date 1689 is divided in the upper field flanking the crown. The surrounding Latin legend references Emperor Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, reading around the beaded border. |
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| Mintage | 1689 |
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Haldenstein was a tiny sovereign lordship in the Graubünden region of what is now eastern Switzerland, nominally independent but perpetually overshadowed by the surrounding Freestate of the Three Leagues. Georg Philip, Lord of Haldenstein, issued this 60 Kreuzer piece in 1689 — the same year the War of the Grand Alliance broke out across Europe — under the monetary framework loosely tied to the Holy Roman Empire's Kreuzer system. Such large-denomination silver issues from minor Rhenish and Alpine lordships of this period were often as much about asserting jurisdictional coinage rights as meeting any genuine commercial demand.