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1 Thaler - Günther XLI and John Günther
| Issuer | Schwarzburg, County of |
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| Year | 1564-1570 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Quartered coat of arms with central escutcheon of Schwarzburg, the shield supported on the dexter by a wildman and on the sinister by a woman, each bearing a pennant. Three ornate helmets with elaborate crests are displayed above the arms. The heraldic composition is rendered in the detailed Renaissance style typical of mid-16th century German coinage. A circular Latin legend surrounds the entire device within a beaded border. |
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| Mintage | ND (1564-1570) |
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Günther XLI and John Günther ruled Schwarzburg jointly following the partition arrangements that left this small Thuringian county perpetually subdivided among male heirs. Joint-reign thalers of this period are administratively specific documents — they record an exact co-regency window, and when one ruler died the dies were retired.
The Davenport reference places this squarely in the Germanic territorial thaler series of the 1560s, a decade when dozens of minor counts scrambled to assert minting rights as imperial oversight loosened after the 1559 Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis redirected Habsburg attention westward.