1 Goldgulden - George V

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.