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1 Witten - Charles XI
| Issuer | Pomerania, Swedish dominion of |
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| Year | 1686 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Reverse description | A three-line inscription arranged across the field, reading I / WI·TE / 1686, denoting the denomination 'Witten' and the date. A small star ornament appears below the date, and crowned ornamental devices flank the top line. The entire design is contained within a beaded border. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Charles XI's administration of Swedish Pomerania was marked by the "Reduktion" — a sweeping resumption of crown lands that had been alienated to the nobility, imposed on the Pomeranian estates with considerably more friction than on the Swedish mainland. The Witten was a minor denomination inherited from the old Hanseatic monetary tradition, still circulating in the Baltic coastal towns long after it had become economically marginal. Ahlström's 214b designation distinguishes a specific die variant within an already thin emission.