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1/8 Thaler '1/8 Sterbetaler' - Emmerich Joseph of Breidbach-Bürresheim Death
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Mainz |
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| Year | 1774 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Crowned complex quartered coat of arms of the Archbishopric of Mainz, displayed within a draped heraldic mantle, with a crossed sword and crozier placed behind the shield in saltire. The arms feature the distinctive Mainz wheel alongside additional quarterings. A circular Latin legend surrounds the composition, running along the milled border. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Emmerich Joseph von Breidbach-Bürresheim died in February 1774 after a tenure as Archbishop-Elector of Mainz marked by Enlightenment sympathies unusual for the ecclesiastical princes of the Rhine. The Sterbetaler — a death thaler struck to commemorate a deceased ruler — was a well-established tradition in the German ecclesiastical states, and Mainz issued this fractional eighth to serve those who couldn't afford the full thaler denomination.
Fractional Sterbetaler are considerably harder to locate than their full-sized counterparts, produced in smaller quantities for a memorial market that was already a niche one.