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⅔ Thaler - Francis Maximilian and Henry Francis
| Issuer | Mansfeld-Bornstedt, County of |
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| Year | 1675-1676 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse lettering | FRANZ·MAX·HEINR·FRAN·COMIT·IN·MANSFELT |
| Reverse description | The quartered heraldic shield of the Counts of Mansfeld, surmounted by multiple ornate crested helmets with elaborate baroque mantling, occupies the central field. The mintmaster's initials AB flank the lower portion of the shield, with the date 1675 divided across the lower field by the arms. The encircling legend identifies the denomination and the mint, reading NOB·MON·IUL·HILDRUNGENS·EB·B·GR. |
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Mansfeld-Bornstedt was one of the fragmented successor lines of the once-powerful Mansfeld county, which by the 1670s was in the final stages of financial collapse under crushing debt. Francis Maximilian and Henry Francis ruled jointly — a co-regency arrangement forced by inheritance divisions that left neither branch with sufficient resources to govern independently. The county was absorbed by Electoral Saxony in 1780, but the end had been visible for a century before that.
The two-year span of this issue suggests a short-lived minting authorization, likely tied to a specific fiscal need rather than routine production. Tornau 297r indicates a recognized variety within an already scarce type.