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1/3 Thaler - Charles Louis and Henry Christian Frederick

Issuer County of Stolberg-Stolberg
Year 1768-1790
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Obverse lettering CARL LUDW. H. CHRISTI. FRIED. GR. ZU STOLB. KRV. CH.
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Stolberg-Stolberg occupied an awkward position in the late Holy Roman Empire — a tiny Saxon county hemmed in by larger neighbors, its counts perpetually navigating the complicated co-rulership arrangements that defined the Stolberg dynastic tradition. The joint issue under Charles Louis and Henry Christian Frederick reflects precisely that arrangement, with both counts holding concurrent authority and both names required by protocol on coinage.

Friedrich's reference 2028 documents this type with a remarkably long emission window spanning over two decades — unusual for a minor county issue, and likely a function of low annual production rather than any single sustained minting program.

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