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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cachecoins, post: 8148558, member: 111237&quot;]<i><b>SILVER AUSBEUTETALER - PRINCIPALITY OF FÜRSTENBERG</b></i></p><p><br /></p><p>Year: 1790</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: Portrait of prince left - JOS M B FURST ZU FURSTENBERG L I D B U Z ST H Z HAUSENI KINZ THAL / XEINE FEINE MARK</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse: Friedrich Christian Mine - MIT GOTT DURCH KUNST U ARBEIT / DIE GRUBEFRIED CHRIST GABS ZUR AUSBEUT IM OUARTAL CRUCIS 1790</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1421340[/ATTACH]</p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>This is a rare (very fine) silver Ausbeutetaler (mining taler) minted in 1790 depicting Prince Joseph Maria Benedikt Fürstenberg von Fürstenberg. Only 806 copies of this coin were minted. The coin was created by medailleur J. H. Boltschauser in Mannheim. The coin is honoring the Friedrich Christian Mine located in Southern Baden-Württemberg Germany and is minted using silver from that mine. (Kirchheimer 22, Dollinger 44, Davenport 2271)</i></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Obverse:</b> JOS(EPH) M(aria) B(enedict) FURST(enberg) ZU FURSTENBERG L(andgraf) I(n) D(er) B(aar) U(nd) Z(u) ST(uhlingen) H(err) Z(u) HAUSEN I(m) KINZ(iger) THAL - XEINE FEINE MARK</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Joseph Maria Benedict Fürstenberg of Fürstenberg, Landgrave in the Baar and Stuhlingen, Lord of Hausen in Kinziger Thal - Very Fine MARK</i></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Reverse:</b> MIT GOTT DURCH KUNST U(nd) ARBEIT - DIE GRUBE FRIED(rich) CHRIST(ian) GABS ZUR AUSBEUT(e) IM QUARTAL CRUCIS</p><p><br /></p><p><i>With God and by skill (art) and work / The Friedrich Christian Mine gave this yield in quarter crucis (Mining Quarter Crucis is July 1 to Oct 1)</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p style="text-align: center"><i>[ATTACH=full]1421348[/ATTACH] </i></p><p><br /></p><p>Joseph and his wife Maria Antonia had no children so when he passed away on June 24, 1796, the principality passed to his younger brother Karl Joachim. Karl would be the last ruling Prince of Fürstenberg-Stühlingen line and Karl Egon II of the Fürstenberg-Pürglitz would inherit most Fürstenberg possessions save those of the Moravian house of Fürstenberg that would continue as a separate entity.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Principality of Fürstenberg was one of 16 principalities dissolved by the treaty of the Rhine In 1806 and through mediatisation in 1817, the former principality was annexed into the Grand Duchy of Baden and the title was retired. Though the Fürstenberg family no longer ruled as princes, they are still very wealthy with vast holdings of land and large estates including the palace at Donaueschingen with its gardens, grounds and an extensive library.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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