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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Eidolon, post: 4578033, member: 102103&quot;]Day 92:&nbsp; Silesia-Leignitz-Brieg, 1663, 15 Kreuzer, Duke Georg III</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse:&nbsp; SIL.LIGN&amp;BREG.&nbsp; D.G.GEORGIUS.DUX(XV)</p><p>Reverse:&nbsp; *MONETA NOVA ARGENTEA 1663</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1133543[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This one I had a little bit or trouble looking up.&nbsp; It was sold as Silesia, 15 Kreuzer, </p><p>1663, but the shop owner couldn&#039;t locate it in his 1600s book.&nbsp; Even though Silesia</p><p>is mostly in Poland, the book has it under German States as Silesia-Leignitz-Brieg.</p><p>On <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces112432.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces112432.html" rel="nofollow">Numista</a> they have it as from the Duchy of Liegnitz-Brieg.&nbsp; Mintmark is described</p><p>as a &quot;pierced heart.&quot;&nbsp; I assume that&#039;s the circle with the cross on the reverse at the</p><p>6:00 position.&nbsp; I can&#039;t really tell that it&#039;s a heart instead of just an orb by the shape.</p><p><br /></p><p>Georg III unofficially became Duke of Brieg/Brzeg in 1633, while his father was still</p><p>alive.&nbsp; His father had converted to Calvinism, and during the Thirty Years&#039; War, he sided against the Catholic King of Bohemia/Holy Roman Emperor, Ferdinand II.&nbsp; As</p><p>the father was on the losing side against the Habsburgs, he fled the Duchy in fear</p><p>of his life, leaving is to his three sons.&nbsp; The three sons divided the Duchy among </p><p>themselves, with Georg ruling Brieg.&nbsp; One brother died young, and Georg had no </p><p>male children from either of his two marriages, so the last surviving brother, Duke </p><p>Christian, ruled the reunited territory.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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