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1 Thaler - Gebhard VII, John George I and Peter Ernest I
| Issuer | County of Mansfeld-Schraplau |
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| Year | 1547-1553 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the quartered arms of Mansfeld, combining alternating horizontal barry stripes and lozengy (diamond) patterns characteristic of the county's heraldry, set within an ornate shield supported by decorative mantling. Above the shield, a helmeted crest surmounts the composition, rendered in the robust late-Renaissance hammered style. The circular Latin legend enclosing the design reads the abbreviated names and titles of the three co-ruling counts. A beaded or rope inner border separates the legend from the central armorial device. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Mansfeld's silver output in the mid-sixteenth century was extraordinary — the county's copper mines, which produced the ore from which silver was smelted as a byproduct, made the Mansfeld counts among the wealthiest territorial lords in the Empire. The three-count joint issue reflects the fractured inheritance structure typical of the Mansfeld lines, where comital titles and mining revenues were divided and subdivided among heirs with near-contractual precision.
Gebhard VII died in 1558, John George I in 1566. The window of 1547–1553 is the only period all three held concurrent authority over Schraplau.