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⅙ Thaler - Henry XI
| Issuer | Reuss-Greiz |
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| Year | 1757 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#51, Schm&Knab#231 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mint | ICE Saalfeld, Germany |
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Henry XI ruled Reuss-Greiz during the Seven Years' War, a conflict that strained nearly every small German principality's finances as armies marched through Thuringia and requisitioned resources at will. Small-denomination silver fractions like this sixth thaler were practical instruments of local commerce when larger coins were being hoarded or melted. The Reuss counties were among the most fragmented lordships in the Holy Roman Empire — the dynasty's peculiar custom of naming every male heir Heinrich created a genealogical tangle that confuses catalogers to this day.
Schm&Knab 231 is the standard attribution for this type, with KM#51 cross-referencing the same emission.