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1⅓ Thaler - Charles Louis and Henry Christian Frederick

Issuer Stolberg-Stolberg, County of
Year 1796
Type Standard circulation coin
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Obverse description The central device features the manifold quartered arms of Stolberg, flanked by the divided date and mintmaster's initials in the field. An oval cartouche below the shield bears the value denomination 1 1/3, flanked by the inscription FEIN and SILB indicating fine silver content. The peripheral legend names the joint ruling counts in abbreviated Latin lettering. The overall design is executed in the baroque heraldic style typical of late 18th-century German territorial coinage.
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Reverse description A proud stag passant to the left is depicted in high relief before a tall column rising to the upper field, the animal rendered in fine naturalistic detail with prominent antlers. The stag stands upon a rocky ground line, with a small rectangular plinth bearing the mintmaster's initial S positioned beneath. The entire central composition is enclosed within a beaded inner border. The surrounding legend, reading from the base upward on both sides and across the top, invokes a blessing upon the county's mining works, referencing the economic importance of the Stolberg silver mines.
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