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1⁄24 Thaler - Gustav Adolphus
| Issuer | Mecklenburg-Güstrow, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1692 |
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| Value | 1⁄24 Thaler |
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| Obverse description | Crowned quartered coat of arms of Mecklenburg-Güstrow displayed centrally in the field, surmounted by an ornate ducal crown. The shield quarters incorporate the characteristic bull's head and griffin motifs of the Mecklenburg arms. A partial Latin legend is visible along the coin's circumference. |
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| Mintage | 1692 |
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Gustav Adolphus of Mecklenburg-Güstrow ruled a duchy that had been devastated by the Thirty Years' War — a conflict that left Mecklenburg among the most thoroughly plundered territories in the Empire. By 1692, the duchy was nearing the end of its independent existence; Gustav Adolphus died without a male heir in 1695, and Mecklenburg-Güstrow was subsequently divided between the Schwerin and Strelitz lines under the 1701 Hamburg Convention, ending Güstrow as a distinct ruling entity.
Kunzel 523a distinguishes this variety within what is otherwise a thinly documented late emission from a minor mint in its final years of operation.