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1 Thaler - Christopher Frederick and Jost Christian Bicentenary of the Reformation
| Issuer | Stolberg-Stolberg, County of |
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| Year | 1717 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#167, Dav GT II#2799, Friederich#1581, Slg. Whiting#321, Müseler#66.1/58 |
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| Reverse description | A detailed panoramic view of a mining installation, depicting a stamp mill or ore-processing facility with a large vertical shaft structure prominently centered in the field, set against a landscape showing extensive mine workings and buildings in the background. A miner figure stands atop the central structure. In the exergue, the inscription DEN 31 OCTOBRIS / 1717 records the specific date of the Reformation jubilee celebration, with the mintmaster initials IIG below. The circumferential legend reads WIR FEYREN IEZT EIN IUBELIAHR • DAS BERGWERCK GIBT DIE MUNTZE DAR *, with the word IUBILEUM inscribed on the mine bucket, commemorating the bicentenary of the Reformation and acknowledging the role of the local mining industry in funding the coinage. |
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| Mintage | 1717 CW//IIG |
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The Reformation bicentenary of 1717 prompted an extraordinary wave of commemorative thalers across the Lutheran principalities of the Holy Roman Empire — Stolberg-Stolberg among them. Co-issued under joint rule of Christopher Frederick and Jost Christian, this piece reflects the county's firm Protestant identity at a moment when the centenary of 1617 had itself been suppressed in many territories by the Thirty Years' War, making 1717 feel doubly charged.
Stolberg issues from this series are well-documented in Müseler and cross-referenced across multiple major references, suggesting respectable survival — though the county's modest output means these rarely appear in multiples at auction.