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1 Groschen
| Issuer | Stolberg, County of |
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| Year | 1580 |
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| Reference(s) | MB#88, Friederich#663a |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | CO:ETDO:IN:STOL:KVN:RVET:VVF: |
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Stolberg's groschen coinage of the 1580s emerged from a county perpetually fragmented by inheritance disputes among the Stolberg-Stolberg, Stolberg-Wernigerode, and Stolberg-Rossla lines. The 1580 issue falls within a period when joint coinage was sometimes struck to satisfy obligations under the imperial monetary ordinances — the Reichsmünzordnungen — while still asserting individual comital authority. Friedrich 663a distinguishes this variety from closely related dies of the same year, a distinction that matters given how frequently Stolberg minor silver circulates misattributed.