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1 Thaler - George Ernest
| Issuer | Henneberg-Schleusingen, County of |
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| Year | 1559-1583 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Bearded draped bust of Count George Ernest of Henneberg facing right, contained within a beaded inner circle. The effigy depicts the ruler with curly hair and a full beard, rendered in a robust late Renaissance style. The surrounding legend reads IORG ERNST DEI GRAC PRI ET CO HE HN, abbreviated in period convention for Georgius Ernestus Dei Gratia Princeps et Comes Henneberg, separated by ornamental stops. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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George Ernest ruled Henneberg-Schleusingen as its last count of the direct line, and the extended date range on this issue reflects a reign defined more by dynastic anxiety than political stability. He died in 1583 without a male heir, triggering the partition of the county among several Wettin branches under terms negotiated long before his death — a succession crisis he spent decades trying to forestall through both diplomacy and a series of failed marriages.
The Davenport reference places this among the broader German Taler coinage of the mid-sixteenth century, but Henneberg issues of this period are notably thin on the secondary market. Small territorial mints operating under uncertain dynastic futures rarely produced in volume.