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1 Witten - Charles XI
| Issuer | Pomerania, Swedish dominion of |
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| Year | 1668-1670 |
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| Currency | Thaler (1630-1815) |
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| Obverse lettering | P·CAROL·XI |
| Reverse description | Central field features a three-line inscription denoting the denomination and date, enclosed within a beaded inner circle. The numeral '1' appears at the top, followed by 'WIT' on the second line, and the date '1668' (or 1670) on the third line. A circular Latin legend reading MONETA NOVA surrounds the central inscription along the coin's periphery, consistent with Swedish Pomeranian monetary issues of this period. |
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Swedish Pomerania's small silver fractions of this period occupy an awkward administrative moment: Charles XI was still a minor in 1668, with the regency council effectively governing in his name following Charles X Gustav's death in 1660. The prolonged regency, combined with ongoing disputes over Swedish territorial holdings in northern Germany after the Peace of Westphalia, created persistent pressure to maintain local coinage for everyday commerce in Stralsund and Stettin. The witten denomination itself was a legacy north German unit absorbed wholesale into the Swedish colonial monetary apparatus rather than invented for it.