Swedish Pomerania's monetary output in the 1680s was shaped directly by Charles XI's reduction policy — the systematic reclamation of alienated crown lands from the nobility that reshaped Swedish imperial finances after the near-disaster of the regency period. The ⅔ Thaler denomination itself was a concession to north German commercial reality: Swedish riksdaler coinage didn't circulate easily in Pomeranian markets, and the ⅔ Thaler (equivalent to the gulden or 2/3 Reichsthaler) was the dominant everyday silver denomination across the German states.
Dav SG#765 distinguishes the specifically Pomeranian issues from the broader Swedish imperial coinage of the same reign.
Swedish Pomerania's monetary output in the 1680s was shaped directly by Charles XI's reduction policy — the systematic reclamation of alienated crown lands from the nobility that reshaped Swedish imperial finances after the near-disaster of the regency period. The ⅔ Thaler denomination itself was a concession to north German commercial reality: Swedish riksdaler coinage didn't circulate easily in Pomeranian markets, and the ⅔ Thaler (equivalent to the gulden or 2/3 Reichsthaler) was the dominant everyday silver denomination across the German states.
Dav SG#765 distinguishes the specifically Pomeranian issues from the broader Swedish imperial coinage of the same reign.