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⅙ Thaler - John Frederick Landmünze
| Issuer | Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt |
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| Year | 1764 |
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| Value | ⅙ Thaler Landmünze = 1/8 Conventionsthaler |
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| Obverse description | Armored and draped bust of Johann Friedrich, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, facing right, wearing a cuirass with elaborate shoulder decoration and a flowing wig. The effigy is rendered in the Baroque portrait style typical of mid-18th century German coinage. A continuous Latin legend encircles the bust along the periphery of the field. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt was among the smallest of the Thuringian principalities, and its coinage in the 1760s reflects the financial pressures that followed the Seven Years' War, which ended in 1763. The designation "Landmünze" — literally "land coin" — signals this was intended for domestic circulation within the territory rather than for trade, a distinction that mattered when neighboring states routinely refused debased foreign silver.
The .541 fineness places this well below the Reichsthaler standard, a deliberate policy rather than a minting shortfall.