Charles William inherited the Lordship of Jever through the Anhalt-Zerbst line in 1667, a small but strategically positioned territory on the North Sea coast that had passed through several hands across the preceding century. His coinage tenure was brief — he died in 1667, making these 1671–1676 dated issues almost certainly struck posthumously under the administration of his successors managing the estate, a not uncommon arrangement for minor German lordships settling territorial succession.
The 1/3 Thaler denomination itself reflects the fragmented currency conventions of the Holy Roman Empire after the Leipzig Foot of 1690 had not yet rationalized north German silver coinage.
Charles William inherited the Lordship of Jever through the Anhalt-Zerbst line in 1667, a small but strategically positioned territory on the North Sea coast that had passed through several hands across the preceding century. His coinage tenure was brief — he died in 1667, making these 1671–1676 dated issues almost certainly struck posthumously under the administration of his successors managing the estate, a not uncommon arrangement for minor German lordships settling territorial succession.
The 1/3 Thaler denomination itself reflects the fragmented currency conventions of the Holy Roman Empire after the Leipzig Foot of 1690 had not yet rationalized north German silver coinage.