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80 Kreuzer - Georg of Brandenburg Klippe, Siege currency
| Issuer | Bishopric of Strasbourg |
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| Year | 1592 |
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| Reference(s) | MB#200, Berstett E#222, E&L#447 |
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| Obverse lettering | 1592 80 |
| Reverse description | Uniface; the reverse is blank and unworked, retaining only the rough, irregular surface of the silver planchet as cut from sheet metal during the siege. No design, legend, or mint mark is present on this side, which is standard for this type of emergency klippe coinage produced under the constraints of the 1592 siege. |
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Struck during the Strasbourg Chapter War, a conflict that erupted when the cathedral chapter split between a Protestant faction backing Johann Georg of Brandenburg and a Catholic faction supporting Karl of Lorraine — both elected bishop simultaneously in 1592. The resulting armed standoff, ultimately resolved by imperial intervention in favor of the Catholic claimant, produced emergency klippe coinage as military financing. This piece is attributable to the Brandenburg faction's minting activity during the siege operations that year.