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1⁄24 Thaler - Wolfgang II Undated
| Issuer | Barby, County of |
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| Year | 1611-1612 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays a quartered heraldic shield of the Counties of Barby and Mühlingen, surmounted by a crowned helmet crest. The quarters feature the respective arms of the two counties in relief. A beaded inner circle separates the shield from the surrounding legend. The circular Latin legend reads · MO · NO · COMIT · BARBI · ET · MVLL ·, indicating the new coinage authority of the issuing counties. The coin exhibits the characteristic irregular flan and uneven strike typical of hammered silver coinage of the early seventeenth century. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Wolfgang II of Barby-Mühlingen ruled one of the smallest and most financially marginal counties in the Holy Roman Empire. By 1611, Barby's coinage rights were more a matter of territorial prestige than economic necessity — the county lacked the mint infrastructure of larger neighbors and farmed out production accordingly. Wolfgang II died in 1615 without male heirs, after which the county passed to the Anhalt line, ending Barby's independent coinage entirely. The undated format was common among minor imperial estates hedging against short reign windows.