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Escalin - Maximilian Henry Crown divides legend
| Issuer | Liege, Prince-bishopric of |
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| Year | 1660-1661 |
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| Currency | Florin Brabant-Liege (1650-1795) |
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| Obverse lettering | MAXIM · HENRI · D · G · ARCHIE · COL (Translation: Maximilian Henry, by God`s grace Archbishop of Cologne ...) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Maximilian Henry of Bavaria held the Prince-Bishopric of Liège from 1650, simultaneously accumulating ecclesiastical offices across the Holy Roman Empire with a persistence that drew repeated criticism from Rome. The escalin series under his rule was struck during a period when Liège's monetary output was under pressure from competing circulating foreign silver — Spanish Netherlands issues in particular — flooding local markets and forcing the mint to compete on familiarity of type rather than fineness.
KM#77 is distinguished from related escalin issues of the period by the crown interrupting the obverse legend, a die arrangement specific to the 1660–1661 production window.