75 Kipper Kreuzers - Ferdinand II (Klagenfurt - St Veit)

The 75 Kipper Kreuzer coin, minted in 1622 during the height of the Kipper und Wipper period, represents a desperate fiscal response to the economic instability caused by the Thirty Years' War. As the Duchy of Carinthia faced soaring costs of mobilization, authorities authorized the debasement of currency to meet immediate demands. These coins, minted at the Klagenfurt and St. Veit facilities, were struck from low-purity silver alloys, a hallmark of the inflation-prone currency practices that defined early seventeenth-century European finance.

The design of these issues typically features the portrait of Ferdinand II alongside heraldic elements representing the Austrian Hapsburgs and local Carinthian symbols. Because these coins were produced under extreme financial pressure and systemic debasement, they were often poorly struck and met with significant public distrust at the time. Today, they are studied primarily as material evidence of the monetary collapse that followed the outbreak of the war, serving as a tangible reflection of the political and economic volatility of the era.