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1 Thaler - Charles Theodore of Pfalz-Sulzbach
| Issuer | Jülich-Berg, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1774 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Elector Charles Theodore facing right, with elaborately curled and powdered wig tied with a ribbon bow at the nape, rendered in fine baroque portraiture style. The truncation is bare and unadorned. The circular Latin legend runs along the periphery, divided by stops, reading CAR. THEODOR. D : G. C. P. R. S. R. I. A. T. & EL., identifying the ruler as Carl Theodore by the Grace of God, Count Palatine of the Rhine, Arch-Treasurer and Elector of the Holy Roman Empire. The coin is struck within a finely milled border. |
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| Reverse description | Crowned and elaborately mantled coat of arms of Jülich-Berg displayed on an ornate baroque cartouche or base, flanked by decorative sprays or palm branches. The date 17 - 74 is divided and appears in the upper field on either side of the shield, while the letters P - M appear in the lower field. The circular legend along the periphery reads 10 EINE. FEI - NE. MARCK, indicating the fineness and weight standard of the coin as ten thalers to the fine mark of silver. A milled border frames the entire reverse design. |
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Charles Theodore had governed the Palatinate-Sulzbach line since 1742 and inherited Jülich-Berg in 1716 through his father, making him one of the more administratively complex rulers of the mid-eighteenth-century Reich. When the Bavarian succession crisis erupted in 1777 — just three years after this thaler was struck — he would famously and controversially agree to the Treaty of Schönbrunn, ceding much of Bavaria to Austria in exchange for the Austrian Netherlands, a deal so unpopular it triggered the War of the Bavarian Succession.
Jülich-Berg thalers of this period were struck at Düsseldorf.