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1 Thaler - Christian Ulrich von Bernstadt
| Issuer | Württemberg-Oels, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1702 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Elaborate quartered and crowned coat of arms of the Duchy of Württemberg-Oels, surmounted by multiple ornate helmets with baroque crests including a displayed eagle and floral mantling. The date 1702 is divided to either side of the topmost helm in the upper field. The mintmaster's initials C·V·L appear in the lower exergue below the shield. The circumscribing Latin legend denoting the ruler's comital and lordly titles runs around the full perimeter within a beaded border. |
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Christian Ulrich ruled Württemberg-Oels as one of the fragmented Piast-descended Silesian duchies operating under Habsburg suzerainty — a political arrangement that gave these minor German princes the right to strike coinage while remaining firmly subordinate to Vienna. By 1702, the War of the Spanish Succession was already consuming much of Europe's financial and military attention, and small Silesian courts like Oels were minting thalers that circulated primarily within their own narrow territories rather than competing in any broader trade network.
Christian Ulrich died in 1704, making 1702 a late issue of his reign.