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1/2 Thaler - Louis Frederick Schützenhalbtaler
| Issuer | Montbéliard, County of |
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| Year | 1612 |
| Type | Commemorative circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field dominated by the large interlaced cypher 'LF' (for Ludwig Friedrich, Count of Montbéliard), rendered in bold relief and occupying the majority of the inner circle. Small lozenge-shaped ornaments flank the monogram at left and right in the field. The monogram is enclosed within a beaded inner border, itself surrounded by a wreath border composed of leafy branches with floral rosette ornaments, typical of early 17th-century German workshop craftsmanship. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Montbéliard occupied an anomalous position in early seventeenth-century Europe — a German-speaking Lutheran enclave embedded in French territory, ruled by the Württemberg dynasty as a county of the Holy Roman Empire. Louis Frederick issued this half thaler in 1612 as a Schützenmünze, a prize or commemorative piece tied to a shooting festival, a tradition common to Swiss and southwestern German civic culture but relatively rare among the county's surviving coinage.
Binder catalogued only a handful of die combinations for this type. The 1612 date makes it one of Louis Frederick's earlier issues; he had held the county since 1608.