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1⁄16 Thaler - Charles William
| Issuer | Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst (German States) |
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| Year | 1667-1718 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Central field displays the denomination in four lines as XVI / REICHS / THAL / GP within a raised inner circle, denoting 1/16 Reichsthaler with the mintmaster's initials GP below. A peripheral legend surrounds the inner circle reading INDOM FIDUCIA NOSTRA, a Latin motto meaning 'Our trust is in the Lord', separated by ornamental stops. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Charles William ruled Anhalt-Zerbst from 1667 until his death in 1718, a tenure long enough to see this fractional silver issue produced across several decades of a principality that would later achieve an unlikely footnote in history as the birthplace of Catherine the Great. Anhalt-Zerbst was among the smallest of the German territorial states, and its coinage output was correspondingly modest — struck primarily to satisfy local commercial needs and dynastic prestige rather than any regional monetary ambition.
The 1/16 Thaler denomination was a practical workhorse of small-change transactions across the fragmented German states during the late 17th century, operating within the post-Kipper und Wipper debasement reforms that had slowly restored confidence in silver fractions.