1 Groschen 1/24 Thaler - William IV

William IV ruled Saxe-Weimar during the immediate aftermath of the Thirty Years' War, a period in which the German states were scrambling to reassert economic function after decades of monetary chaos, debased coinage, and occupying armies draining bullion reserves. The 1/24 Thaler denomination — the Groschen — was the workhorse fraction of the Reichstaler system codified at the Leipzig Convention of 1566, and small duchies like Saxe-Weimar relied on it heavily for local commerce when larger denominations were impractical.

William died in 1662, and this issue spans only three years of his reign, likely reflecting a specific minting contract or bullion availability rather than a continuous program.