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2 Thalers / 3½ Gulden - Emma Princess Regent
| Issuer | Waldeck-Pyrmont, Principality of |
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| Year | 1847 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Within a wreath of finely detailed oak branches tied at the base with a ribbon bow, the denomination and date are inscribed in four lines across the central field: '2 THALER / 3½ / GULDEN / 1847'. The legend 'VEREINSMÜNZE' arcs along the upper periphery, while the fineness statement 'VII EINE F. MARK' appears in the lower exergue below the wreath, all within a beaded border. |
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Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym served as regent for her son Georg Victor from 1845, following the death of her husband Prince Georg Heinrich. This double thaler was struck during that regency — a rare instance of a ruling woman appearing as issuing authority on coinage from one of the German Confederation's smallest states. Waldeck-Pyrmont's mint output was already thin by the 1840s, and regency issues are a fraction of that.
The 3½ Gulden valuation reflects the South German gulden standard that ran parallel to the thaler system before German monetary unification collapsed both conventions entirely.