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1 Witten - Charles XII
| Issuer | Pomerania, Swedish dominion of |
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| Year | 1707 |
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| Value | 1 Witten (1⁄192) |
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| Obverse lettering | IM |
| Reverse description | The reverse bears a four-line inscription in bold raised Latin lettering occupying the entire field, reading the denomination and issuing authority. The numeral I, flanked by two pellets, appears at the top of the legend as the denomination indicator, followed by WITTEN on the second line, POM:LAND on the third line, and MUNTZ on the fourth line, with the date 1707 displayed prominently in large numerals at the base. The coin's milled edge is visible around the periphery, and no wreath or border legend is present. |
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Charles XII was encamped in Saxony under the Peace of Altranstädt when this coin was struck, already deep in the Great Northern War against Peter the Great. Swedish Pomerania maintained its own subsidiary coinage throughout the conflict, and the Witten — a denomination rooted in medieval north German monetary tradition — continued to circulate locally even as Swedish military finances deteriorated badly. The extreme lightness of the flan reflects years of debasement pressure rather than any nominal standard.