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1/4 Thaler - John Martin I
| Issuer | County of Stolberg-Stolberg |
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| Year | 1646-1649 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse lettering | DOM. IN. EPS: MVN: BR: LOR: E. CLETT. |
| Edge | Plain |
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John Martin I ruled Stolberg-Stolberg during one of the most economically disruptive periods in German history — the final years of the Thirty Years' War, which had by 1646 reduced much of the Holy Roman Empire's minting activity to emergency issues and debased coinage. A fractional Thaler from a minor Harz-region county during this window is a practical object: small change for a territory trying to maintain legitimate silver coinage while the broader German monetary system was in disarray. The Peace of Westphalia came in 1648, midway through this issue's production run.