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1⁄24 Thaler - John VI
| Issuer | Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst (German States) |
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| Year | 1663 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse lettering | IOH D G PRI ANH COM AS |
| Reverse description | Central field displays the denomination numeral '24' enclosed within a circular orb surmounted by a cross, representing the Reichsapfel (imperial orb), a common device on fractional Thaler coinage of the period. The numeral 'IO' appears to the left of the orb within the field. The date 1663 is divided across the upper portion of the field. The surrounding Latin legend DOM SER IEV ET KNIP I O Z4 runs along the periphery within a beaded border, abbreviated for Dominus Serbstii, Ieveri et Kniphausiae, with the mint and engraver initials. |
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John VI ruled Anhalt-Zerbst during the grinding aftermath of the Thirty Years' War, a conflict that had depopulated much of the Anhalt territories by as much as half and left the principality's finances in prolonged disorder. Small-denomination silver fractions like this 1/24 Thaler — the Groschen equivalent within the Reichsmünzfuss system — were the workhorses of postwar economic reconstruction, circulating where larger coins rarely reached.
The KM#11.1 designation suggests at least a second die marriage exists for this type, though Mann#231 does not subdivide the issue further.