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1⁄24 Thaler - Charles XI
| Issuer | Swedish Pomerania (Stralsund Mint) |
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| Year | 1685-1688 |
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| Weight | 1.62 g |
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| Reverse description | The central field bears a multi-line inscription in six stacked lines reading '24 / EINEN / REICHS / DALER', with the mintmaster's initials DHM immediately below within a beaded inner circle. The circumferential legend, running around the full periphery in Latin script, contains the biblical motto and the date, separated from the central inscription by a beaded border. The overall design is typical of the Groschen-format coinage issued at Stralsund under Swedish Pomeranian authority. |
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| Mint | Stralsund Mint |
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Swedish Pomerania occupied an awkward administrative position throughout Charles XI's reign — a German-speaking Lutheran territory governed from Stockholm, minting its own subsidiary coinage to local denominational conventions rather than Swedish ones. The 1/24 Thaler denomination was a fixture of the north German monetary system, and Stralsund's obligation to produce it reflected the city's continued integration into the Holy Roman Empire's currency orbit despite Swedish political control.
The Ahlström 178c designation places this among the later die variants of the Stralsund output for this reign, distinguished from 178a and 178b by subtle differences in the die execution.