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⅔ Thaler - Christian William
| Issuer | Schwarzburg-Sondershausen |
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| Year | 1676-1678 |
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| Diameter | 38 mm |
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| Reverse description | The quartered coat of arms of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, surmounted by an elaborate princely crown, occupies the central field. The shield displays the traditional heraldic charges of the House of Schwarzburg, flanked by decorative mantling or foliate ornaments. The denomination numeral '⅔' appears at the base of the shield within a cartouche. A circumferential Latin legend encircles the composition along the toothed rim, naming the issuer's title and territories. |
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| Reverse lettering | COM. DESCEN. IN. SONDERSHAUSEN. ET. HOLSTEIN. |
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Christian William ruled Schwarzburg-Sondershausen during a period when the ⅔ Thaler — effectively a gulden-equivalent — was aggressively adopted across northern German states as a practical trade coin following the Leipzig Monetary Convention of 1671. The convention formalized the two-thirds standard precisely because full Thalers had become too large for everyday commerce, and smaller territorial rulers scrambled to issue their own compliant pieces as a demonstration of standing within the imperial monetary framework.
Schwarzburg-Sondershausen's output during this three-year window was modest, making survivors genuinely scarce.