1 Dreier - Louis II, Henry XXI, Albert George and Christian I

The four counts named on this issue — Louis II, Henry XXI, Albert George, and Christian I — reflect the fractured co-rulership arrangements typical of the Stolberg dynasty, where the county was repeatedly partitioned among male heirs rather than consolidated. By the mid-sixteenth century, Stolberg silver output was closely tied to the Harz mining region, and small-denomination issues like this Dreier circulated heavily in local trade around the Mansfeld copper district. The Friederich 198 attribution distinguishes this particular joint-reign emission from adjacent issues bearing overlapping but differently configured ruler combinations.