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⅔ Taler - William Frederick Ernest
| Issuer | Schaumburg-Lippe |
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| Year | 1761 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#17, Schön DM#11 |
| Obverse description | Bare-headed bust of Wilhelm I (William Frederick Ernest), Count of Schaumburg-Lippe, facing left, with curled hair rendered in fine detail. The portrait is executed in a restrained Baroque style with a truncated neck. The circular Latin legend surrounds the effigy near the toothed border, reading WILHELMUS . I . DEI . GRAT : C . REG : IN SCHAUMB :, with a rosette ornament at the base of the truncation. The field is plain and unadorned, with a prominent milled edge encircling the entire design. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Schaumburg-Lippe was a county of negligible size — fewer than 20,000 subjects at mid-century — yet William Frederick Ernest maintained a disproportionately active mint during the Seven Years' War, partly to fund the county's celebrated military contributions under his command. He personally led Schaumburg-Lippe forces and later advised Portugal on its artillery defenses, a reputation that gave the tiny state an outsized political profile. The ⅔ Taler denomination, a North German convention tied to the 1690 Leipzig Foot, was already declining in practical use by 1761 as the war ground toward its conclusion.