1/2 Thaler - Albert VIII, Günther XLII, Anthony Henry, John Günther II and Christian Günther I

Schwarzburg was jointly administered by collateral lines of the ruling family throughout the early seventeenth century, and this half thaler reflects exactly that — five co-regents whose names appear together on a single issue as a matter of dynastic obligation, not political unity. The county's coinage rights were a recurring source of friction with neighboring territories and the Imperial Circle administration during this period.

The 1605–1608 span corresponds closely to the county's division into Schwarzburg-Sondershausen and Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, lines that would formalize separately in subsequent decades.