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2 Thalers - Christof Frederick and Jost Christian
| Issuer | Stolberg-Stolberg, County of |
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| Year | 1719-1723 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#175, Dav GT II#2801 |
| Obverse description | Elaborate quartered coat of arms of the counts of Stolberg, surmounted by multiple ornate helmets with mantling and crests, enclosed within a beaded inner circle. The arms display the characteristic Stolberg quarterings with decorative baroque scrollwork flanking the shield. The mint-master initials IIG appear in the lower field. A circular Latin legend runs along the outer rim, naming the two co-ruling counts: CHRIST FRID JOST CHRIST GRF Z STOLBERG. |
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| Obverse lettering | CHRIST·FRID·JOST·CHRIST·GRF·Z·STOLBERG |
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Stolberg-Stolberg was one of those persistently subdivided German territories where co-rulership between brothers was a recurring administrative reality rather than a diplomatic curiosity. Christof Frederick and Jost Christian ruled jointly following the death of their father, a dynastic arrangement formalized in the partition agreements that governed the Stolberg counties throughout the eighteenth century. Joint-reign issues like this one required both comital names on a single coin — a logistical demand that pushed engravers toward larger formats by necessity.
The Davenport reference places this squarely in the German Taler series, a cataloging tradition that treats the 2-Thaler as a prestige issue rather than routine commerce. Most surviving examples show minimal wear, consistent with pieces that moved through treasury transactions rather than daily trade.