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1/2 Thaler - Frederick William
| Issuer | Nassau, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1809 |
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| Currency | Conventionsthaler (1806-1837) |
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| Obverse description | Unadorned bare-headed bust of Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Nassau, facing right, rendered in a neoclassical style with naturalistic hair detail. The portrait is set within a plain field with no inner circle. The circular legend reads FRIEDRICH WILHELM FÜRST ZU NASSAU., running from lower left to lower right along the coin's periphery. |
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| Reverse lettering | ZWANZIG EINE FEINE MARK. 1809 |
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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.