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1 Thaler - George Ernest
| Issuer | Henneberg-Schleusingen, County of |
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| Year | 1561-1563 |
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| Reference(s) | MB#34, Dav GT I#9254 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Henneberg-Schleusingen sat at the intersection of competing dynastic pressures throughout the sixteenth century, with George Ernest ruling as the last of his line — a count who outlived all his heirs and eventually ceded the county to Saxony in 1583 upon his death. These thalers were struck during a relatively narrow window when the county still operated its own mint with some autonomy, before the administrative absorption that effectively ended independent Henneberg coinage.
The Davenport reference grouping under GT I reflects the transitional nature of the issue across the three-year span, with minor die variations documented between strikes.