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1⁄12 Thaler - John William
| Issuer | Jülich-Berg, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1710-1714 |
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| Diameter | 24 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central shield bearing the arms of Jülich-Berg, surmounted by an elaborate ducal crown. The date is divided across the lower field, flanking the shield on either side. A circular Latin legend surrounds the central device, reading the ruler's titles in abbreviated form. The coin exhibits a milled edge and fine relief typical of early eighteenth-century German territorial coinage. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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John William — Johann Wilhelm II, Elector Palatine — ruled Jülich-Berg as part of a broader territorial inheritance that kept him perpetually entangled in confessional politics. A devout Catholic ruling largely Protestant populations, his administration of Jülich-Berg was marked by repeated friction with the Reformed estates. These fractional thaler issues served the practical demands of daily commerce in the duchy, a territory whose monetary affairs were complicated by the proliferation of competing coinages from neighboring Rhenish states.
John William died in 1716 without legitimate heirs, triggering the Jülich-Berg succession dispute that would simmer for decades.