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1 Thaler - Albert VII, Philip II and John George I
| Issuer | Mansfeld-Hinterort, County of |
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| Year | 1541-1544 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse lettering | MON. ARG. COMI. ET. DOMI. IN. MANSF(E)(L). |
| Edge | Plain |
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Mansfeld-Hinterort's partition coinage of the early 1540s reflects the county's chronic inability to consolidate authority — the three-count joint issues were a direct consequence of the 1501 inheritance division that fractured the Mansfeld comital house into competing lines. Albert VII, Philip II, and John George I were among the last generation to issue coinage before the Saxon Elector intervened to administer the hopelessly indebted county's affairs entirely. The Mansfeld copper mines, once among the most productive in central Europe, were already in serious financial decline by this date.