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⅔ Thaler - Henry III
| Issuer | Duchy of Saxe-Römhild (German States) |
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| Year | 1691 |
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| Value | ⅔ Thaler |
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| Obverse lettering | D. G. H. D. S. I. C. M. A. &. W. 16 91 (Translation: By the Grace of God Henry, Duke of Saxony, of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, of Angria and Westphalia) |
| Reverse description | A quartered coat of arms, surmounted by an elaborate electoral-style crown, is centrally placed in the field and flanked on either side by two outward-spreading palm branches. The upper two quarters display the arms of Saxony (barry of ten or and sable, a crancelin vert in bend) and the Duchy of Jülich (or, a lion sable), while the lower two quarters bear the arms of Berg (argent, a lion gules) and Westphalia (argent, a horse passant sable). The denomination '2/3' appears below the shield between the palm branches. A Latin motto legend encircles the design. |
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Saxe-Römhild was one of the most short-lived of the Ernestine Saxon partition duchies, created in 1680 when Duke Ernst I of Saxe-Gotha divided his territories among seven sons. Henry III received Römhild as his portion — a territory so small and economically marginal that its independent coinage output was minimal by any measure. The duchy was reabsorbed into Saxe-Coburg in 1710, just thirty years after its creation, upon Henry's death without male heirs.
The ⅔ Thaler denomination was a North German commercial standard of the period, widely adopted to facilitate trade with Hamburg and the Baltic markets.