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1/4 Stüber - Frederick Alexander
| Issuer | Wied-Neuwied, County of |
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| Year | 1752 |
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| Value | 1/4 Stüber (1⁄240) |
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| Obverse description | Central field depicts a mining scene showing a pithead or mine shaft structure with a large radiating sunburst emanating from behind, symbolizing divine blessing upon the mining works. Mining equipment and rocky terrain are visible in the foreground. The circumferential legend reads GOTT SEGNE DAS BERGWERCK ALEXANDER, referencing Count Alexander and invoking God's blessing on the mine, with the name ALEXANDER prominently displayed in a straight tablet at the base of the design, all enclosed within a beaded border. |
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| Reverse description | A two-line inscription displaying the denomination and issuing authority is contained within an ornate rococo-style cartouche or frame, characteristic of mid-18th century German coinage design. The legend reads GRAEFL. WIED. BERG MVNTZ, identifying this as a mining coinage of the County of Wied, with the fractional denomination 1/4 STVBER prominently stated. The date 1752 appears at the conclusion of the circumferential legend, completing the attribution. |
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Wied-Neuwied was a small Rhenish county whose ruling house exercised independent minting rights under the Holy Roman Empire — a privilege jealously maintained despite the county's modest size and resources. By the mid-eighteenth century, such petty coinage from minor German territories served local exchange needs that larger imperial or electoral issues simply didn't reach. Frederick Alexander ruled from 1737 to 1791, an unusually long tenure for so small a lordship, and copper fractional issues like this one were struck in limited quantities, making survivors in any respectable condition genuinely scarce.