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1/8 Ducat - Christof Louis II and Frederick Botho
| Issuer | Stolberg-Stolberg, County of |
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| Year | 1739 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Quartered crowned shield of arms of the County of Stolberg-Stolberg, displaying the heraldic charges of the joint rulers Christof Louis II and Frederick Botho. The elaborately detailed coat of arms is surmounted by a coronet, with the quarters showing the various heraldic devices associated with the Stolberg comital house. The design is rendered in fine relief against a flat field. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Stolberg-Stolberg was one of several subdivisions produced by the chronic partition habits of the Stolberg comital family, whose territorial splits across the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries left the region honeycombed with overlapping jurisdictions. Joint issues under co-rulers were a practical necessity when neither line held sufficient resources to mint independently. The 1/8 ducat denomination itself is vanishingly small — less than half a gram of near-fine gold — and was struck in quantities that make survivors genuinely rare today.