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1 Goldgulden - George V
| Issuer | Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, County of |
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| Year | 1623-1626 |
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| Composition | Gold (.986) |
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| Obverse description | Quartered shield of arms within an ornate cartouche, displaying the four-fold arms of Sayn-Wittgenstein with the central inescutcheon bearing the Sayn lion. The shield is set against a plain field and surrounded by an inner circle. The circumferential Latin legend reads: + MON: NO: AVR: CO: IN: WITGN:, referring to the nova aurea moneta of the Count of Wittgenstein. |
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| Mintage | ND (1623-1626) |
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Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg exercised its minting rights aggressively in the early 1620s, a period when the catastrophic currency debasement of the Kipper- und Wipperzeit had so thoroughly destroyed confidence in base-metal coinage that gold issues from even minor Westphalian territories found ready acceptance. George V ruled a county of negligible political weight, yet the imperial minting privilege allowed him to produce gold on par with far larger neighbors.
The four-year span of this issue is notably tight even by contemporary standards, ending well before George's death in 1631.