Mansfeld was one of the most productive copper and silver mining regions in the Holy Roman Empire, and the counts who held its various partitioned territories jealously exercised their mining rights — including the right to strike coin. By 1601, the Schraplau line was already in financial difficulty, caught between dwindling mining revenues and the fractious inheritance disputes that had splintered the Mansfeld counties across multiple collateral branches throughout the sixteenth century.
Henry II's thaler production was short-lived; the Schraplau line died out not long after, its territories absorbed by neighboring Mansfeld branches. Tornau 1011a suggests limited die use across the two-year window.
Mansfeld was one of the most productive copper and silver mining regions in the Holy Roman Empire, and the counts who held its various partitioned territories jealously exercised their mining rights — including the right to strike coin. By 1601, the Schraplau line was already in financial difficulty, caught between dwindling mining revenues and the fractious inheritance disputes that had splintered the Mansfeld counties across multiple collateral branches throughout the sixteenth century.
Henry II's thaler production was short-lived; the Schraplau line died out not long after, its territories absorbed by neighboring Mansfeld branches. Tornau 1011a suggests limited die use across the two-year window.