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1⁄12 Thaler - John William
| Issuer | Duchy of Jülich-Berg (German States) |
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| Year | 1714 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Reverse description | Central field bears a four-line value inscription reading '12 / EINEN / REICHS / THAL', denoting the denomination as one-twelfth of a Reichsthaler. The inscription is surrounded by a circular legend referencing the Leipzig coinage standard. Decorative stops and floral ornaments punctuate the legend throughout, consistent with the typographic conventions of German territorial coinage of the period. |
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| Reverse lettering | *NACH.DEN.LEIPZIGER.FVES. *12* EINEN. REICHS. THAL. *.*. |
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John William, Elector Palatine and Duke of Jülich-Berg, died in June 1716, meaning this 1714 issue falls within the final two years of a reign that had proved diplomatically exhausting — his court at Düsseldorf had spent decades managing competing Habsburg and Protestant pressures over the Jülich-Berg succession question. The duchy itself was among the most contested territorial inheritances in the Holy Roman Empire, a dispute that had nearly triggered a major European war a century earlier in 1609.
The KM#136.2 designation distinguishes this from a closely related die variety, the differences residing in minor legend spacing.