Louis Christian, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode, died in 1710 after a reign of nearly five decades over one of the smaller Saxon territories. Memorial coinage of this type — a quarter thaler struck specifically to mark a ruler's death — was a well-established practice among the German minor states, where dynastic continuity had to be performed in metal as much as in ceremony. Stolberg-Wernigerode's output was modest by any measure, and pieces struck for specific memorial occasions survive in limited numbers relative to the regular coinage.
Friederich's corpus remains the authoritative reference for Stolberg issues, and the 1390 listing confirms this as a recognized type rather than a variant.
Louis Christian, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode, died in 1710 after a reign of nearly five decades over one of the smaller Saxon territories. Memorial coinage of this type — a quarter thaler struck specifically to mark a ruler's death — was a well-established practice among the German minor states, where dynastic continuity had to be performed in metal as much as in ceremony. Stolberg-Wernigerode's output was modest by any measure, and pieces struck for specific memorial occasions survive in limited numbers relative to the regular coinage.
Friederich's corpus remains the authoritative reference for Stolberg issues, and the 1390 listing confirms this as a recognized type rather than a variant.