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1 Thaler - Peter Ernest I, John Albert, John Hoyer III, Bruno II and Hoyer Christoph
| Issuer | Counts of Mansfeld-Friedeburg |
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| Year | 1581-1582 |
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| Reference(s) | MB#18, Dav GT I#9505 |
| Obverse description | Central field displays the quartered arms of the Counts of Mansfeld-Friedeburg, comprising the traditional Mansfeld heraldic divisions with interleaved semy and barry fields, surmounted by an elaborate arrangement of crested helms with lambrequins and ornate mantling in high relief. The shield is flanked by foliate decorative elements typical of late sixteenth-century German heraldic coinage. A continuous Latin legend surrounds the central device within a beaded inner circle, citing the abbreviated names and titles of the five co-ruling counts. The date numerals appear integrated within the legend field. |
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| Mintage | 1581 CG - - 1582 - - |
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The Counts of Mansfeld-Friedeburg issued jointly under a co-rulership arrangement that was itself a product of the notoriously fractious Mansfeld inheritance disputes — a dynastic mess stretching across the sixteenth century in which the county was repeatedly subdivided among competing lines, producing an unusual number of multi-portrait thalers bearing the names of rulers who rarely governed in any meaningful collective sense. By 1581, the Friedeburg line was already in demographic decline; Hoyer Christoph died in 1582, which brackets this issue precisely and explains its short production window.