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1/2 Thaler - Frederick William I and John II
| Issuer | Duchy of Saxe-Weimar (German States) |
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| Year | 1579-1581 |
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| Weight | 14.6 g |
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| Obverse lettering | D. G. FR WIL. DV SAX. LAN. TH E MAR. MI MO. IMP. 1579 (Translation: By the Grace of God, Frederick William Duke of Saxony Landgrave of Thuringia and Marquis of Misnia. Imperial Coinage.) |
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| Mintage | 1579 - - 1581 - - |
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Frederick William I and John II ruled Saxe-Weimar jointly following the division of Ernestine Saxon territories — a dynastic arrangement that produced co-regency coinage carrying both rulers' names simultaneously. The joint reign was brief; John II died in 1605 and Frederick William in 1602, but the political pressure to assert territorial legitimacy through coinage was immediate from the outset of their shared rule in 1573.
The three-year striking window for this half thaler, 1579–1581, coincides with a period of active Ernestine minting competition, as multiple Saxon branches struck similar denominations to reinforce their individual claims against one another.