Catalog
1⁄24 Thaler
| Issuer | Werl, City of |
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| Year | 1608-1609 |
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| Weight | 1.25 g |
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| Reverse description | Central motif consists of an imperial orb (Reichsapfel) topped by a cross, with the denomination numeral '24' inscribed within the lower portion of the orb, indicating the coin's value as a 1/24 Thaler. The orb is surmounted by an elaborate crowned cross finial. The circular legend references Emperor Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, reading RVDO II RO IMP S AV with the date 1609 and the denomination marker Z4, distributed around the orb within a beaded border. The reverse design follows the standard type adopted by many German Imperial city coinages of the early seventeenth century. |
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| Mintage | 1608 - - 1609 - - |
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Werl's municipal coinage of this period reflects the city's stubborn insistence on local minting rights at a time when the surrounding County of Westphalia was consolidating authority under Cologne's archbishops. The 1/24 Thaler denomination — the Groschen equivalent driving everyday commerce — was precisely the unit most contested between civic and territorial mints across the Holy Roman Empire in these years.
Production ceased after just two years, likely due to pressure from Cologne rather than any shortage of silver.