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Heller - Wenceslaus III Adam Skoczów
| Issuer | Teschen, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1569-1572 |
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| Currency | Thaler |
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| Obverse description | Central field dominated by a large Gothic letter 'S', flanked on either side by date numerals split across the design, with a pellet or annulet to the right and a small heraldic lily or trefoil to the left. The layout is characteristic of small hammered coinage of Silesian principalities, with the initial of the issuer's mint city of Skoczów serving as the primary device. The flan is irregular and slightly curved, typical of hand-struck heller coinage of the mid-sixteenth century. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Wenceslaus III Adam ruled Teschen from 1545 until his death in 1579, navigating the duchy through the competing pressures of Habsburg overlordship and the spread of Lutheranism — he himself converted to Protestantism. The heller denomination was among the smallest silver coinages produced in Silesia, and issues from Teschen are notably scarce compared to the larger Piast-administered duchies. Kopicki 5537 places this squarely within a brief four-year emission window, suggesting either a specific fiscal need or a response to regional small-change shortages common to mid-sixteenth century Silesia.