Show your "Thirty Years War" coins

Nürnberg/ Reichstadt/ under Swedish Occupation
AV Dukat 1632
Gustavus Adolphus

 

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Two coins I have most closely related are the following.

A siege coin from the Swedish invasion of Minden.

A commemorative from Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg dated 1650 referencing the Peace of Westphalia, the end of the 30 years war.

 

Beautiful coins @panzerman and @Joshua Lemons . I have some Ducatons from this era. Here is one from the shipwreck of the De-Liefde.

1636 Ducaton was minted during the height of the Thirty Years' War to fund the Spanish military in the Netherlands. Its high silver purity made it a preferred global trade currency, which is why, 75 years after it was struck, it was loaded onto the VOC ship De Liefde. Bound for the East Indies in 1711, the ship struck a reef in the Shetland Islands and sank with only one survivor.

 

Livonia
AV Dukat 1643
Riga Mint
Queen Christina of Sweden 1632-54

After her Father was slain at the Battle of Lützen in 1632, Christina was crowned Queen. She tried to pull Sweden out of the War, but Protestant factions were against that. She wisely converted to Roman Catholism in 1654 and abdicated as a result. I love her coinage.

 

Nice Teutonic Order example my Lord! You know, I would like the "title" Lord, but "Grand Master" is even better!
Here is one of mine, from the man "Emperor" in charge of the good guys, Imperial Holy Roman Empire formations, Ferdinand II 1619-37. And, Odonardo Farnese Duke of Piacenza, AV Quadrupla 1626. His Father commanded the Spanish armies in Flanders.

 

Beautiful coin @lordmarcovan While England didn't sign the Peace of Westphalia as a major combatant, the war served as a catalyst for the domestic tensions that eventually led to the execution of Charles I. They were very much involved—just mostly from the sidelines and the wallet.
There were opposing sides, Parliament wanted a naval war against Spain (which was cheaper and more profitable), while the Kings wanted to fund land campaigns in Germany. About 60,000 British mercenaries were involved and Charles launched military campaigns to help the Huguenots (French Protestants) and restore Frederick to the Palatinate. These campaigns were disorganised and didn't end well.
It was a question of sitting on the fence , funding what suited individual purposes and looking for opportunity. Eventually it led to the English Civil and Charles' execution. So whilst Britain wasn't officially actively involved, it changed the course of our history.

 

Amazing coins everyone!

 

Transylvanian Princes aided the Protestant side, and also were vassals to the Ottoman Sultan.

 

This is a sweet spot in my collection because of my love of Kipper era coinage. I may just post a couple years worth of coins at a time from 1618-1648.
Gottingen


Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel

Einbeck, whose involvement in the war wasn't into toward the end. Famous now for it's beer!

 

France entered the war in 1635 so this one fits the later time-frame of the 30 years war. Cardinal Richelieu died in December of 1642 and Louis XIII the following year.


1642 écu d'argent of Louis XIII, Paris mint.

 

Duci di Modena & Monferrant
Ferdinando I Gonazga 1612-26
AV Quadrupla ND (1625)
Modena Mint

In 1613 a plague struck Northern Italy, Modena in epicenter. Ferdinando's Mother prayed to the Virgin Mary to spare her baby. He survived the plague, and later struck gold coins in her honour. Most Italian States were aligned with Imperial Catholic side

 

Transylvania
AV Dukat 1627 N-B
Nagybanya Mint
Gabriel Bethlen 1613-29

 

No Emperor Ferdinand II. yet? He partly caused the war with his radical catholical politics:

He partly was pushed to this by the powerful duke of bavaria - Maximilian II.

The war started in Bohemia where the protestant Dukes crowned Friedrich V. "The Winter King" as their own King. He was defeated and many of his supporters where killed or removed from their positions. I dont have a coin of him but I got one minted by one of his supporters the Duke of Jägerndorf. He lost his duchy after Friedrich V. lost against the Emperor.

 

Yes, I posted one of his coins, first post

 

Oh right, I seem to have overlooked that one. Anyway here another coin from the Duke of Prussia who tried to act neutral during the war which only caused all factions to plunder his lands during the different stages of the war.

 

I went to a Catholic School. So we were taught that the bad guys were the Protestants, esp. the Swedes.
The teacher showed the aftermath of a Catholic town that the Swedes took, they adorned the apple trees with men, women, kids all hanging like Christmas ornaments.

 

Ottingen-Ottingen, 1624, 2 kreuzer


Augsburg, 1624, 2 kreuzer

Kempten, 1623, 2 kreuzer


I'll leave out the years 1621-22 as I have many coins from those particular years. 1622 was an especially prolific year for Kipper coinage with several German States and cities only producing coins that year.

 

Mainz/ Erzbistum
AV Dukat 1645
Anselm Casimir Wamboldt von Wollrath 1629-47

The Archbishop with quite the unsual name, died one year before the conflict ended. The War may have ended 10 years before had Cardinal Richelieu not betrayed his side and switched the French onto Protestant side.