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1/2 Thaler - Georg Ludwig
| Issuer | Sinzendorf, County of |
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| Year | 1676 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | GE LVDOVIC COM A SINTZENDORF |
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Georg Ludwig von Sinzendorf presided over one of the smallest sovereign territories in the Holy Roman Empire, and the decision to strike thalers and half-thalers in 1676 was less about monetary need than about demonstrating comital prerogative. Minor counts frequently issued large silver pieces as political statements directed at the Emperor and neighboring estates rather than as functional currency — the pieces were too prestigious to spend and too few in number to matter commercially.
KM#4 is among the scarcest listed Sinzendorf issues. The county's minting rights were exercised only briefly.