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1⁄24 Thaler - August Louis
| Issuer | Anhalt-Köthen |
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| Year | 1751 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#34, Mann#501 |
| Obverse description | Central field displays a large, ornately interlaced cursive AL monogram for Prince August Louis, surmounted by a princely crown with elaborate scrollwork flourishes filling the lower field. The monogram is rendered in a florid Baroque calligraphic style. A circular legend in Latin characters surrounds the central device, reading FVRSTL ANH COTH LAND MVNTZE, separated by small decorative stops. The coin's edge is reeded. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Anhalt-Köthen was among the smallest and most financially precarious of the Saxon principalities, and by 1751 its coinage was being struck largely to meet local fiscal obligations rather than any broader circulation ambition. August Louis ruled the tiny principality from 1728 until his death in 1755, and his final years of coinage — this piece among them — reflect a court perpetually straining against debts accumulated during the War of Austrian Succession. Billon issues at this fractional denomination were workhorses, absorbed quickly by local markets and rarely preserved.