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5 Thalers - Adolphus Frederick III
| Issuer | Mecklenburg-Strelitz |
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| Year | 1747 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Quartered armorial shield of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, surmounted by a ducal crown, displaying the four quarters with respective heraldic charges: a bull's head in the first quarter, a griffin in the second, a winged figure in the third, and a cross with crown in the fourth, with an ox head at base center. The denomination 5 TALER is divided across the upper field, with the date 1747 flanking the shield to left and right, and the mintmaster's initials CHI appearing in the lower exergual area. |
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| Mintage | 1747 CHI - - 730 |
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Adolphus Frederick III ruled Mecklenburg-Strelitz for barely a decade, and his coinage output was correspondingly thin. The 1747 five-thaler piece was struck at a moment when the duchy's finances were perpetually strained — Mecklenburg's minor courts were notorious for punching above their weight in court expenditure while depending heavily on revenue from their agrarian estates. Issues of this denomination and metal from such small north German principalities were almost certainly produced in limited numbers for presentation or diplomatic purposes rather than any meaningful circulation function.
Kunkel's census work on Mecklenburg coinage suggests fewer than a handful of die combinations were employed across the entire gold output of this reign.