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1⁄12 Thaler - Christian Louis II Landmünze
| Issuer | Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1753-1754 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#177, Kunzel#331 A/b, Gaettens#406 |
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| Obverse lettering | CHRIST.LUDOV.D.G.DUX.MECKL (Translation: Christianus Ludovicus Dei gratia Dux Mecklenburgiae Christian Ludwig, by gods grace, duke of Mecklenburg) |
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| Mintage | 1753 - - 1754 - Actually struck 1758 to 1762 during the 7 years war - |
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Christian Ludwig II spent much of his reign navigating the financial wreckage left by the Seven Years' War's preliminary disruptions and the persistent drain of maintaining court expenditures against a relatively thin tax base. The designation *Landmünze* — literally "land coin" — signals this was intended for internal circulation within the duchy rather than for trade, a distinction that mattered legally under the Holy Roman Empire's tangled monetary ordinances. Billon issues of this type were frequently the first coinage debased when a minor German state's treasury came under pressure.