Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1 Groschen - Ernest and Louis Christian
| Issuer | County of Stolberg-Wernigerode |
|---|---|
| Year | 1673 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | A stag passant to the left, standing on a grassy groundline, rendered in relief within the central field. The animal's antlers are prominently displayed. A continuous Latin legend surrounds the figure, carrying the continuation of the comital titles of the Counts of Stolberg-Wernigerode. The reverse design reflects the heraldic stag as the traditional symbol of the House of Stolberg. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | 1673 IB |
| Additional information |
Ernest and Louis Christian ruled Stolberg-Wernigerode jointly under the partition arrangements that fragmented the Stolberg territories across much of the seventeenth century, a dynastic structure that produced a bewildering number of small coinages across what were effectively minor administrations. The 1673 date places this squarely within the post-Kipper und Wipperzeit recovery period, when smaller German states were still navigating the monetary wreckage left by the currency debasement crisis of the early 1620s.
Friederich's corpus remains the definitive reference for Stolberg issues, and #1354 is not among the frequently encountered types in surviving collections.