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1/3 Thaler - August of Sachsen-Weissenfels
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Magdeburg |
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| Year | 1670 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Crowned heraldic arms of the Archbishopric of Magdeburg displayed centrally, with the denomination '1/3' shown in an oval cartouche below the shield. The date 1670 is divided to either side of the arms, flanked by the mintmaster's initials HHF. A circular Latin legend frames the entire design. |
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August of Saxe-Weissenfels administered Magdeburg as its appointed administrator rather than a consecrated archbishop — a Protestant arrangement formalized after the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, which transferred effective control of the secularized see to the Hohenzollern-allied Wettin branch. The Archbishopric functioned as a principality of the Holy Roman Empire in all but ecclesiastical reality.
The 1/3 Thaler denomination gained traction in the northern German states during the 1660s as a practical fraction for regional trade, tied to the emerging Reichstaler conventions being negotiated among Saxon-circle mints.