RARE Sweden 1649 LIVONIA Queen Chistina Shilling solidus silver 30 year War coin

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VERY RARE from Sweden, a 1649 LIVONIA Queen Chistina Shilling solidus silver 30 year War coin.
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The Thirty Years' War, a series of wars fought by European nations for various reasons, ignited in 1618 over an attempt by the king of Bohemia (the future Holy Roman emperor Ferdinand II) to impose Catholicism throughout his domains. Protestant nobles rebelled, and by the 1630s most of continental Europe was at war.
The war lasted from 1618 to 1648, starting as a battle among the Catholic and Protestant states that formed the Holy Roman Empire. However, as the Thirty Years' War evolved, it became less about religion and more about which group would ultimately govern Europe.