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1⁄24 Thaler - Henry III
| Issuer | Reuss-Untergreiz |
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| Year | 1763-1764 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#42, Schm&Knab#385, J#2a |
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| Reverse description | The denomination expressed as '24 EINEN THALER' is boldly rendered across the central field in two lines, with the fineness statement '320 EINE FEINE MARCK' (CCCXX) distributed around the coin in a circular legend. A decorative floral ornament appears at the base of the field and a small star closes the legend. The date is incorporated within the reverse legend. |
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| Reverse lettering | ✿ CCCXX EINE FEINE MARCK (date) 24 EINEN THALER ✱ |
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Henry III of Reuss-Untergreiz ruled one of the smallest and most financially constrained of the Thuringian Reuss counties, and the 1763–64 dating places this issue squarely within the economic wreckage of the Seven Years' War. The war had devastated German state finances broadly, and the proliferation of debased small-denomination billon coinage across the minor principalities during exactly these years is well documented — each tiny court scrambling to maintain a circulating medium while silver supplies were stretched thin.
The .368 fineness reflects that pressure directly. Reuss-Untergreiz had no mint of its own and relied on contract striking.