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⅙ Thaler - John William
| Issuer | Duchy of Jülich-Berg (German States) |
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| Year | 1710 |
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| Value | ⅙ Thaler |
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| Obverse lettering | D.G.I.W.C.P.R.S.P.I. ARCHID.ET.EL |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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John William, Elector Palatine and Duke of Jülich-Berg, died in June 1716 after years of deteriorating health, and his rule over Jülich-Berg had by 1710 become entangled in the broader War of the Spanish Succession — a conflict that strained mint output across the Rhineland considerably. The Jülich-Berg coinage of this period is notable partly because the duchy's succession was itself deeply contested; after John William died without legitimate heirs, the Jülich-Berg inheritance dispute between Brandenburg-Prussia and Palatinate-Neuburg had roots stretching back to the earlier Jülich-Cleves succession crisis of 1609.
KM#137 is not a common type in any grade, reflecting the limited and regionally confined nature of Rhenish fractional coinage in the early eighteenth century.