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1⁄12 Thaler - Charles XI
| Issuer | Pomerania, Swedish dominion of |
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| Year | 1689-1693 |
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| Currency | Thaler (1630-1815) |
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| Reverse description | Within a beaded inner circle, the denomination expressed in four lines as 12 / EINEN / REICHS / THAL, with the mintmaster initials ILA below. The surrounding outer legend reads IN IEHOVA SORS MEA with the date, expressing the religious motto 'In Jehovah is my lot.' The design is austere and typographic, consistent with late 17th-century north German coinage conventions. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Sweden's hold on Pomerania — secured at the Peace of Westphalia in 1648 — required a functioning local coinage to maintain administrative credibility in the territory. The 1/12 Thaler denomination fitted into the north German reichsmünzfuss system, allowing Swedish-issued coin to circulate alongside Brandenburg and ducal issues without friction. Charles XI never visited Pomerania; the province was governed through a General-Gouvernement in Stralsund, and the mint there operated under that civil apparatus rather than any direct royal directive.