Stolberg's silver output in this period came almost entirely from the Kupferberg and Roßtrappe mines in the Harz — "Ausbeutegulden" (or Ausbeute coinage) being the term for coins struck specifically from mine-yield silver, a practice that let ruling houses advertise their mineral wealth to creditors and trading partners simultaneously. The joint reign of Christof Frederick and Jost Christian, two brothers administering an already-fragmented county, lasted until Jost Christian's death in 1738, giving this type a production window of over three decades — long for an Ausbeute issue, which typically tracked boom cycles rather than political tenures.
Stolberg's silver output in this period came almost entirely from the Kupferberg and Roßtrappe mines in the Harz — "Ausbeutegulden" (or Ausbeute coinage) being the term for coins struck specifically from mine-yield silver, a practice that let ruling houses advertise their mineral wealth to creditors and trading partners simultaneously. The joint reign of Christof Frederick and Jost Christian, two brothers administering an already-fragmented county, lasted until Jost Christian's death in 1738, giving this type a production window of over three decades — long for an Ausbeute issue, which typically tracked boom cycles rather than political tenures.