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1/3 Thaler - John George
| Issuer | County of Mansfeld-Eisleben |
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| Year | 1668-1673 |
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| Engraver(s) | Anton Bernhard Kobuger |
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| Obverse description | Armored equestrian figure of Count John George of Mansfeld-Eisleben depicted in right-facing profile, mounted on a rearing horse with elaborately rendered mane and tail. The rider is shown in full military dress, raising a baton or sword aloft in his right hand. An anchor mintmark appears in the upper field as a dividing device within the circular legend. The denomination mark '1/3' appears in the lower field. The circumferential Latin legend reads IOHAN. GEORG. COM. IN. MANSFELT. NOB., separated by dot stops, running along a beaded inner border. |
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| Edge | Smooth |
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Mansfeld-Eisleben was by the 1660s deep in the financial collapse that had been grinding the county down for over a century — copper mining revenues exhausted, debts compounded across generations of partition among competing lines. John George ruled a territory that was effectively insolvent, and the silver coinage he struck in these years was partly a mechanism for servicing obligations to creditors. The Tornau reference places this type firmly within the documented Eisleben output, a series notable for its chaotic multi-year dating spanning administrative and fiscal necessity rather than any single minting decision.