Catalog
Groschen - Albert I and Charles I
| Issuer | Duchy of Münsterberg-Oels (Silesia) |
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| Year | 1505-1511 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Crowned Silesian eagle displayed in the central field, wings spread, facing forward, rendered in the late Gothic hammered style. The eagle occupies the majority of the flan within an inner beaded circle. The surrounding marginal legend in uncial characters reads ALBERTVS ET KAROLVS DV M, referencing the joint rule of Dukes Albert I and Charles I of Münsterberg-Oels. |
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| Obverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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Münsterberg-Oels was one of the fragmented Piast duchies of Silesia that passed under Bohemian suzerainty during the fifteenth century, and the joint coinage of Albert I and Charles I reflects the co-rule arrangement that was common among the Silesian Piast lines as inheritance repeatedly subdivided territories. The two brothers issued coins together during a period when Silesian groschen were heavily influenced by Bohemian and Meissen weight standards, though local duchies frequently debased slightly relative to their larger neighbors.
The Schultze and Kopicki references place this type among the rarer co-ruler issues of the region — surviving examples are scarce enough that die studies remain incomplete.