1 Fürstengroschen - Ernest I, Botho and Caspar Ulrich

The County of Regenstein was one of the most persistently indebted small territories in the Harz region — the counts spent much of the sixteenth century mortgaging estates and mining rights simply to stay solvent. This joint issue under Ernest I, Botho, and Caspar Ulrich reflects the county's practice of collective rule among co-inheriting heirs, a necessity born as much from the family's financial fragility as from tradition. Regenstein itself would be absorbed by Brandenburg-Prussia before the end of the following century, making its independent coinage a relatively short-lived affair confined to a handful of types.