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1/2 Thaler - Frederick William
| Issuer | Nassau, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1809 |
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| Value | 1/2 Thaler |
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| Reverse description | Central shield bearing the Nassau lion rampant to sinister, surmounted by a princely crown, flanked on the left by a laurel branch and on the right by a palm frond, the two sprigs tied at the base. The date 1809 appears in the exergue below the wreath. The circular legend ZWANZIG EINE FEINE MARK. arcs around the upper portion of the field, indicating the coin's fineness standard of twenty to the fine mark. |
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| Edge | Lettered |
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Nassau was reorganized as a duchy under French pressure in 1806, with Frederick William navigating the Confederation of the Rhine's demands while consolidating territory from over a dozen previously separate Nassau lines. The 1809 coinage reflects that brief window of nominal independence before Napoleonic levies and conscription began draining both the treasury and the population.
The .833 fineness aligns with Rhenish monetary conventions then being pushed toward French Imperial standards — a standardization Nassau never fully completed before the political situation shifted again after 1813.