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1620, Bohemia. Copper Raitpfennig (Rechenpfennig) Coin by Jan Sultys. Prague mint!

Mint Place: Prague Mint Period: 1613-1620 Reference: Prokisch B.243/2. Condition: Corroded surfaces, dotheriwse F+ Mint Masters: Jan Sultys (Schultes), 1560-1621. Denomination: Raitpfennig / Rechenpfennig (Counter Token for Calculations) Material: Copper Diameter: 23mm Weight: 1.97gm

Obverse: Helmetted coat-of-arms of Johann Sultys (Schultes).   Legend: HANS SCHVLTIS VON FELZDORF   Reverse: Inscription in square baroque frame. Legend: IN SPE AC FIDE

Jan Sultys was born in 1560 in the town of Slany (Bohemia), he studied in Prague and became  teacher there. Later he became municipal conseil in Kuttenberg, in 1604 Conseiller, and in 1613 he was declared a noble with the Prédic at "von Felsdorf": He was working at the Kuttenberg mint as mint official untils 1618, later he became even a member of the Board of Dirctors. He was arrested during 1620 and was sentenced to death and executed in 1621.

Ferdinand I (Spanish: Fernando I) (10 March 1503 – 25 July 1564) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1556, King of Bohemia, Hungary, and Croatia from 1526, and Archduke of Austria from 1521 until his death in 1564. Before his accession, he ruled the Austrian hereditary lands of the Habsburgs in the name of his elder brother, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. Also, he often served as Charles' representative in Germany and developed encouraging relationships with German princes.

The key events during his reign were the contest with the Ottoman Empire, which in the 1520s began a great advance into Central Europe, and the Protestant Reformation, which resulted in several wars of religion. Ferdinand was able to defend his realm and make it somewhat more cohesive, but he could not conquer the major part of Hungary. His flexible approach to Imperial problems, mainly religious, finally brought more result than the more confrontational attitude of his brother. Ferdinand's motto was Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus: "Let justice be done, though the world perish".