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⅔ Thaler - Henry of Saxe-Weissenfels
| Issuer | County of Barby |
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| Year | 1687 |
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| Currency | Thaler |
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| Reverse description | Quartered heraldic shield bearing the arms of Saxony and associated territories, with the smaller inescutcheon of Barby superimposed at the center, surmounted by an ornate Electoral-style crown with acanthus and floral decoration. The date 16-87 is divided by the shield on either side, and the denomination 2/3 appears in an oval cartouche at the base of the shield. The circular Latin legend MONETA NOVA ARGENTEA runs around the periphery, identifying this as a new silver coin. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Barby was among the smallest sovereign territories in the Holy Roman Empire, and its coinage output was extraordinarily limited. This ⅔ Thaler — the denomination that briefly dominated northern German trade in the 1680s as a response to the debased coinage flooding markets from lesser mints — is catalogued under a single KM number, suggesting it may represent the entirety of the county's silver coinage under Henry's administration.
Henry Julius of Saxe-Weissenfels held Barby through the complex Ernestine inheritance arrangements that scattered Saxon authority across dozens of micro-territories. The county was absorbed into Magdeburg after the line extinguished.