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⅔ Thaler - Anthony Günther II
| Issuer | County of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, German States) |
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| Year | 1676 |
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| Value | ⅔ Thaler |
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| Reverse description | Crowned and ornately shaped shield bearing the Schwarzburg lion arms, with a curved top and small scallop decorations on the sides, superimposed over a fork and comb — the traditional Schwarzburg emblems. The shield is supported on either side by a wildman and a wildwoman, each holding a pennant. The mint official's initials appear divided in the field, the date 1676 is placed above, and the denomination 2/3 is shown within an oval cartouche below. |
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| Reverse lettering | DE.SCHWAR:E.HON DYN.I. ARN.SON.L.L.E.CL 1676 H M 2/3 |
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Anthony Günther II ruled Schwarzburg-Sondershausen during a period when the ⅔ Thaler — the Guldenthaler or "two-thirds piece" — was sweeping through the currency systems of northern and central German states. The denomination emerged as a practical response to the chaos of competing monetary conventions after the Thirty Years' War, and by 1676 it had become the dominant large silver coin of daily commerce across much of the region. Schwarzburg-Sondershausen was a tiny, landlocked county with almost no independent monetary muscle, yet its counts struck aggressively to assert comital dignity through coinage.