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1 Thaler - Alexander Charles Ausbeute, Marriage
| Issuer | Anhalt-Bernburg |
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| Year | 1834 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Central field features the quartered coat of arms of Anhalt-Bernburg, displaying the traditional heraldic divisions of the Ascanian house, set upon an ermine-lined mantle draped and tied at the upper corners. The shield is surmounted by a ducal crown. The entire mantled achievement occupies the full coin field. The circumferential legend reads ALEXANDER CARL HERZOG ZU ANHALT, separated by a six-pointed star at the base, all contained within a fine beaded border. |
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| Reverse lettering | EIN THALER. XIV EINE FEINE MARK SEGEN DES ANHALT. BERGBAUES 1834 (Translation: One Thaler. XIV (14) One Fine Mark Blessing of Anhalt. Mining 1834) |
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Anhalt-Bernburg was one of the smallest and most financially precarious of the German states, and its silver output — when it came at all — depended heavily on the Ausbeute system, by which mine-owning princes claimed a share of raw ore as sovereign revenue. The "Ausbeute" designation on this thaler indicates the silver itself was drawn from ducal mining rights, most likely from operations in the Harz region. That the dies were also pressed into service commemorating Alexander Charles's marriage was straightforward economy: two occasions, one striking.
Alexander Charles ruled Anhalt-Bernburg from 1834 until the duchy's absorption into a unified Anhalt in 1863.