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⅔ Thaler - William
| Issuer | Principality of Anhalt-Harzgerode (German States) |
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| Year | 1695-1696 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing draped bust of Prince William of Anhalt-Harzgerode, wearing an elaborate long allonge wig with voluminous curls cascading to the shoulders, and an ornate cuirass decorated with scrollwork and a beaded shoulder guard. The portrait is rendered in high relief in the late Baroque style. The circumferential Latin legend reads: WILH D G PR AN D SA & W C A D B & S, abbreviated titles identifying him as Prince of Anhalt, Duke of Saxony, Count of Ascania, and Lord of Bernburg and Zerbst. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Anhalt-Harzgerode was among the smallest and most financially precarious of the Anhalt partition states, carved out in 1635 when the Anhalt territories were divided among the sons of Prince Christian I. William, who ruled from 1670 until his death in 1709, issued coinage sporadically and in limited quantities — the principality's revenues barely supported a functioning mint operation. The ⅔ Thaler denomination was a north German commercial standard tied to the Leipzig monetary convention, not a denomination William had particular reason to strike except to meet regional trade obligations.