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6 Mariengroschen - Gustav
| Issuer | County of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein (German States) |
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| Year | 1688-1689 |
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| Currency | Thaler (1657-1806) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1688 - - 1689 - - |
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Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein was among the smallest sovereign territories in the Holy Roman Empire, a pocket county in the Siegerland whose minting rights were exercised sporadically and often controversially. The 1688–1689 date range for this issue coincides with the opening of the Nine Years' War, when Louis XIV's invasion of the Rhineland sent monetary policy across the western German states into disorder, with minor counts scrambling to issue coin partly to assert sovereignty and partly to meet immediate fiscal demands.
Gustav was the last of his line to exercise meaningful minting authority. The county was absorbed into Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg shortly after.