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⅙ Thaler - Christof Louis II and Frederick Botho
| Issuer | Stolberg-Stolberg, County of |
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| Year | 1755 |
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| Currency | Thaler |
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| Obverse description | A stag passant to the left stands before a column surmounted by a crown, the animal rendered in fine relief with antlers raised. The column rests upon a square pedestal bearing a shield with the letter 'S', a reference to the Stolberg mining heritage. A circular legend in Latin surrounds the central device, reading as a prayer for divine blessing and preservation of the county's mines. The design reflects the strong association of the Stolberg comital house with its silver-mining industry, rendered in the baroque engraving style characteristic of mid-eighteenth-century German coinage. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A six-line commemorative inscription occupies the central field, composed in Latin as a chronogram encoding the year 1755. The denominational value '1/6' appears within an oval cartouche dividing the penultimate and final lines of the legend. The text references Psalm 100, verse 1, and records the specific date of 25 September, along with the initials of the issuing counts. The reverse is entirely typographic in character, with no figural imagery, presenting a format typical of German mining commemorative coinage of the period. |
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