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1 Vereinsthaler - Frederick Günther
| Issuer | Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt |
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| Year | 1862-1863 |
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| Composition | Silver (.900) |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed right-facing effigy of Friedrich Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, rendered in high relief with fine detail to the hair, sideburns, and beard. The truncation of the neck terminates cleanly at the lower field. A toothed border frames the design, with the circumferential Latin legend reading FRIEDR. GÜNTHER FÜRST ZU SCHWARZBURG arranged around the upper and lower periphery. |
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| Reverse lettering | EIN VEREINSTHALER XXX EIN PFUND FEIN 1862 |
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Frederick Günther ruled Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt for over six decades — from 1807 until his death in 1867 — making him one of the longest-reigning German princes of the 19th century. The Vereinsthaler itself was a product of the Dresden Coinage Convention of 1838, later reinforced by the Vienna Treaty of 1857, which standardized the thaler across the German states at 1/30th of the Prussian Zollpfund. Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt was among the smallest states in the German Confederation, with a population under 70,000, and its coin output was correspondingly limited.
The two-year window of this issue reflects the tail end of Frederick Günther's reign before the state's minting activity effectively ceased.