Dreier

The Halberstadt Dreier of 1622 falls squarely within the Kipper und Wipper crisis, the catastrophic currency debasement that swept the Holy Roman Empire between roughly 1619 and 1623. Speculators and minor territorial mints — including ecclesiastical ones like Halberstadt — systematically culled full-weight coins from circulation, melted them, and reissued debased replacements at face value. The bishopric's mint was among scores exploiting the chaos before imperial crackdowns forced most offenders to stop.

BBB#55.08 places this among a documented run of small silver issues from the period; the KM#20 attribution confirms it within the broader regional typology.