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1/4 Thaler - Wolfgang, Louis II, Henry XXI, Albert George and Christoph I
| Issuer | Stolberg, County of |
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| Year | 1546-1552 |
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| Currency | Thaler (1470-1706) |
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| Obverse description | Central device comprising an elaborately mantled and crested tournament helmet surmounted by a large fan-shaped plume crest, rendered in the ornate Renaissance style. The helmet faces left and is adorned with flowing lambrequin mantling that fills the field on either side. A circular Latin legend surrounds the central device, carrying the titles and names of the five co-ruling counts of Stolberg. The overall design reflects the heraldic conventions of mid-sixteenth-century German territorial coinage. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Stolberg's mid-sixteenth century fractional thalers are joint-rule coinages, issued under the collective authority of five counts simultaneously — a product of the Ernestine inheritance customs that left German territories perpetually subdivided among male heirs. The five names on this piece reflect a partition arrangement that would have made unified monetary policy nearly impossible, yet the county managed consistent coinage across nearly a decade.
The Schultze reference places this among a small documented series. Surviving examples are scarce in any grade; Stolberg produced no mint of significant scale, and output volumes were modest even by contemporary county standards.