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1 Thaler - Julius Frederick of Württemberg-Weiltingen
| Issuer | Württemberg, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1631 |
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| Value | 1 Thaler |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central display of the elaborately quartered Württemberg-Weiltingen coat of arms, surmounted by a crested helm adorned with a figural crest of a crowned female figure with outstretched wings, flanked by additional subsidiary helmets with mantling. The ornate heraldic achievement is surrounded by scrolling acanthus-style ornaments and foliate decoration filling the field. The date 1631 appears in the lower portion of the field beneath the shield. The circumferential Latin legend CVRATOR.ET.ADMINISTRATOR.1631. runs around the outer border within a beaded circle, referencing Julius Frederick's title as guardian and administrator. |
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Julius Frederick ruled the tiny partition of Württemberg-Weiltingen — one of several fragmented sub-territories created when the Württemberg duchy was divided among competing dynastic lines. His reign coincided almost exactly with the most destructive phase of the Thirty Years' War, and Weiltingen itself sat directly in the path of repeated military movements through Swabia. Coinage from his administration is sparse precisely because the territory's financial and physical infrastructure was under near-constant pressure from billeting, requisition, and occupation.
The 1631 date places this thaler in the same year as the Sack of Magdeburg.