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1 Thaler - Günther XLI
| Issuer | Schwarzburg, County of |
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| Year | 1552-1558 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Quartered coat of arms with central escutcheon of Schwarzburg, supported by a wildman on the left and a woman on the right, each holding a pennant. Three ornate crested helmets with elaborate mantling rise above the shield. The composition is rendered in the elaborate Renaissance heraldic style typical of 16th-century German thalers. A beaded inner circle frames the armorial achievement, with the legend running in the outer field. |
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| Obverse lettering | G:H:G: C. IN: SCH: E(T) :D(O): I: ARNST: ET: S(V)(N). H(AV):. |
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Günther XLI ruled Schwarzburg jointly with his brothers under the fractious inheritance customs of the German territorial nobility, a system that routinely produced co-regencies and the administrative chaos that came with them. This thaler was struck during the period when the County was still consolidating its Protestant identity following the Reformation's penetration into Thuringia — a process that shaped minting priorities and iconographic choices across virtually every small German state in the 1550s.
The Dav GT I reference places this squarely within Davenport's German Talers series, with the GT designation specifically covering the earlier, rarer issues. MB#7 is a scarce citation, and collectors working the Fischer Schwarzburg series will note that the 90a designation implies at least one documented die variant.