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1 Thaler - John VI Death
| Issuer | Anhalt-Zerbst |
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| Year | 1667 |
| Type | Commemorative circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Helmeted princely coat of arms of Anhalt-Zerbst occupying the central field, enclosed within a beaded inner circle with an inner legend above the helm. The surrounding outer legend records the biographical data of Prince John VI in Latin, including his date of birth expressed in Roman numerals and calendar notation, the duration of his reign and marriage in years, and his date of death expressed in Roman numerals, with the year of issue 1667 incorporated into the funerary inscription. |
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John VI of Anhalt-Zerbst died in 1667 after a reign defined largely by the slow reconstruction of a territory gutted by the Thirty Years' War. Death thalers — Sterbetaler — were a well-established German princely tradition, struck as much for dynastic memory as for circulation, and most survive in comparatively decent condition for exactly that reason. The Anhalt line used them consistently to assert continued legitimacy through each succession.
Zerbst's mint output in this period was modest, and KM#15 is not a common piece by any measure.