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1 Thaler - John Frederick I
| Issuer | Württemberg, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1624 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | IOHANN.FRID:D:G:DVX.WIRTEMB:ET.TECC: |
| Reverse description | Crowned quartered coat of arms of Württemberg supported by elaborate cartouche-style scrollwork, displaying the heraldic charges of the duchy including the three stag antlers and the checkered Teck arms in the quarters. The mintmaster's initials CT appear in the field flanking the shield. The date 1624 is placed above the crown. The surrounding Latin legend reads COM.MONT.DOM.IN.HEIDENHEM, referencing the comital and lordly titles of the duke, all within a beaded border. |
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John Frederick ruled Württemberg from 1608 until his death in 1628, a reign consumed almost entirely by the catastrophe of the Thirty Years' War. By 1624, Imperial and Catholic League forces were pressing deep into Protestant territories, and Württemberg's finances were under severe strain — the duchy would be occupied by Tilly's forces just a few years later, in 1634, triggering a population collapse from which the region took generations to recover. That this thaler was struck at all in 1624 reflects a deliberate assertion of ducal authority at a moment when that authority was increasingly precarious.