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1 Thaler - Albert VIII, Günther XLII, Anthony Henry, John Günther II and Christian Günther I
| Issuer | County of Schwarzburg |
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| Year | 1606 |
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| Value | 1 Thaler |
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| Obverse description | Central field occupied by a large, elaborately quartered and impaled heraldic achievement displaying the combined arms of the five co-ruling Counts of Schwarzburg, supported by two wild men (savages) as shield-bearers, surmounted by multiple crested helms with mantling. The surrounding beaded border encloses the circular Latin legend naming all five rulers: ALBERTVS GVNTHERVS ANTHON HENR IO GVNTH CHR GVNTH COM IN SCHWARTZB. The overall composition is typical of the high German Renaissance taler style, with densely rendered heraldic detail filling the entire field. |
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| Obverse lettering | D G ALBERTVS GVNTHERVS ANTHON HENR IO GVNTH CHR GVNTH COM IN SCHWARTZB |
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Schwarzburg's thalers of this period were joint issues, reflecting the county's persistent practice of co-rulership among male heirs — a governance structure that produced some of the most administratively complex small territories in the Holy Roman Empire. By 1606, the Schwarzburg counts had already begun fragmenting into distinct lines (Schwarzburg-Sondershausen and Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt would be formalized by mid-century), making multi-count issues like this one increasingly rare. Five names on a single coin is unusual even by the standards of German territorial coinage.