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1 Thaler - Maximilian Charles
| Issuer | Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort |
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| Year | 1711 |
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| Currency | Thaler (1611-1803) |
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| Reverse description | A large, powerfully modeled lion passant guardant facing left occupies the central field, depicted in fine baroque style with a flowing mane and upward-curling tail, its forepaws resting upon a rocky ground. The composition references the heraldic lion of the Löwenstein dynasty. The date 1711 appears in the exergue, flanked by small ornamental stars, separated from the main field by a horizontal line. The Latin motto legend IN CASVS PERVIGIL OMNES curves around the upper portion of the coin within a raised inner border and reeded outer rim. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort was a tiny Franconian countship of the Holy Roman Empire, so fractured by inheritance divisions that its ruling lines issued coinage almost as a matter of dynastic vanity rather than commercial necessity. Maximilian Charles held the Rochefort line, the Catholic branch of a family long split along confessional lines following the Thirty Years' War settlements.
Thalers from such minor imperial counts are rarely encountered because production runs were small and local circulation was limited — the surrounding larger territories absorbed most everyday trade. The Wibel reference places this squarely in the specialized literature on Franconian coinage, itself a thin field.