1615, Liechtenstein, Karl Eusebius. Scarce Silver 3 Kreuzer Coin. Opava/Troppau!
Mint Year: 1615
Mint Master: Burghard Haase (BH)
Denomination: 3 Kreuzer (Groschen)
Mint Place: Troppau (Opava, Czech Republic)
Reference: KM-13 (listed under Austrian States, Troppau-Jaegendorf)
Condition: Minor marginal planchet faints, light scratches, otherwise VF/aXF!
Diameter: 21mm
Weight: 1.56gm
Material: Silver
Obverse: Draped bust of Karl Eusebius as Prince of Liechtenstein and Duke of Troppau right. Value (3) in legend below.
Legend: CAROL : G : D . (3) APPAVIAE .
Reverse: Ducal cap above coat-of-arms of Liechtenstein & Troppau.
Legend: PRIN . DE . LICHTENST . 6I5
Opava (Czech pronunciation: [ˈopava] ⓘ; German: Troppau, Polish: Opawa) is a city in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 56,000 inhabitants. It lies on the Opava River. Opava is one of the historical centres of Silesia. It was a historical capital of Czech Silesia.
The Principality of Opava (Czech: Opavské knížectví; Polish: Księstwo Opawskie) or Duchy of Troppau (German: Herzogtum Troppau) was a historic territory split off from the Margraviate of Moravia before 1269 by King Ottokar II of Bohemia to provide for his natural son, Nicholas I. The Opava territory thus had not been part of the original Polish Duchy of Silesia in 1138, and was first ruled by an illegitimate offshoot of the Bohemian Přemyslid dynasty, not by the Silesian Piasts like many of the neighbouring Silesian duchies. Its capital was Opava (Troppau) in the modern-day Czech Republic.
From 1337 onwards, the Přemyslid dukes also ruled the adjacent former Piast Duchy of Racibórz, whereupon Opava became united with the Upper Silesian lands. When the Opava branch became extinct in 1464, it fell back to the Bohemian Crown, from 1526 part of the Habsburg monarchy. In the final three centuries of its existence, the duchy was ruled by the House of Liechtenstein. It was dissolved with the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1918, but the title of Duke of Troppau and Jägerndorf still exists, belonging to a present-day monarch, Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein. The Duchy of Jägerndorf (Krnov) was another of the Silesian duchies.
Karl Eusebius (11 April 1611 – 5 April 1684) was the Prince of Liechtenstein. He inherited this title in 1627 from his father Karl I. He was 16 and thus considered underage, and his uncles Prince Gundakar and Maximillian acted as regents until 1632. From 1639 to 1641 Karl was Chief Captain of High and Low Silesia.
After the Thirty Years' War Karl effectively restored his dominions economically. Karl was also an extensive patron of architecture of the period. He formed the early plans for Plumlov Castle, which in fact his son the future Hans-Adam I oversaw the construction of.
He died in Schwarzkosteletz.