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1 Thaler

Issuer Hohenlohe, Joint coinage of
Year 1595-1600
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Shape Round
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Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering RVDOL II D G ROM IMPE S AVGVST
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The "Joint coinage" designation reflects the fractious inheritance structure of the Hohenlohe comital dynasty, where partition treaties repeatedly divided the territory among collateral lines while collectively issued coins like this Thaler kept common monetary obligations intact. By the 1590s, the ruling cousins of the Langenburg, Waldenburg, and Neuenstein branches were cooperating on silver coinage despite ongoing disputes over land and succession that would eventually splinter the house permanently in 1610.

Davenport's attribution to GT I#9305 places this among the grouped German territorial Thalers documented before full dynastic separation — the final years when a single die could still speak for the whole family.

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