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1⁄12 Thaler - Charles XI
| Issuer | Pomerania, Swedish dominion of |
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| Year | 1681-1688 |
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| Currency | Thaler (1630-1815) |
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| Reverse description | Within a beaded inner circle, the denomination expressed as '12 / EINEN / REICHS / DALER' arranged in four lines across the field. The surrounding legend contains the date and the mint-master's initials, reading A·1681·INIEHO·VALORS·MEA, referencing the coin's value relationship to the Reichsthaler. The layout is typical of 1⁄12 Thaler fractional coinage of Swedish Pomerania. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Charles XI's consolidation of Swedish Pomerania in the 1680s coincided with his broader *reduktion* policy — the forced resumption of crown lands alienated to the nobility — which destabilized the provincial administration and drove urgent needs for small-denomination coinage to sustain local commerce. This 1/12 Thaler series was struck at Stettin during that fiscal reorganization.
Ahlström's subdivision of the type reflects documented die variations across the emission period, a detail that rewards closer inspection of the reverse die axis on surviving pieces.