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1⁄64 Thaler - Adolphus Frederick I
| Issuer | Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1612 |
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| Thickness | 0.75 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Imperial orb divided by a cross, enclosing the numeral 64 within a beaded inner circle, denoting the coin's denomination as 1/64 of a Thaler. A surmounting cross rises above the orb. The surrounding circular legend identifies the duchy of Mecklenburg and the date of issue, all rendered in Latin characters. The irregular flan edges are characteristic of hammered production techniques of the early seventeenth century. |
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Adolphus Frederick I consolidated Mecklenburg-Schwerin after years of divided rule between the duchy's two branches, and this tiny fractional issue dates to the early years of his reign — a period when the Thirty Years' War had not yet engulfed the region but its approach was already reshaping northern German fiscal policy. The 1⁄64 Thaler denomination was among the smallest practical silver fractions in circulation, intended for everyday transactions in a monetary system still anchored to the large Reichsthaler but desperately short of small change.
Kunzel 207 places this squarely in the early Schwerin series before the duchy's mints were disrupted by wartime occupation after 1627.