5 Thalers - Adolphus Frederick III

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.