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Triple Kreuzer - Rudolf II
| Issuer | Colmar, City of |
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| Year | 1576-1612 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Colmar's civic coinage in the late sixteenth century operated under the complex jurisdictional tangle of Alsace, where imperial free cities retained minting privileges that the Habsburgs periodically contested but rarely successfully revoked. Rudolf II's long reign — marked by his retreat to Prague, his obsession with alchemy and astrology, and his near-total neglect of administrative governance — paradoxically gave cities like Colmar unusual latitude. The imperial oversight that might have standardized or suppressed local issues simply never materialized with any consistency.
The thirty-six year date range for this type reflects prolonged die use rather than continuous fresh production.