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1⁄12 Thaler - Ernest August
| Issuer | Hannover, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1838-1840 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | ERNST AUGUST V.G.G.KOENIG V.HANNOVER S |
| Reverse description | The central field displays the denomination in four lines of bold Latin text: '12 / EINEN / THALER', indicating that 12 of these coins equal one Thaler, surmounted by the Roman numeral CLXVIII indicating the coin's fineness ratio (168 to one fine mark of silver). The year of issue appears below the denomination in the lower field. The word JUSTIRT (meaning 'adjusted' or officially weight-certified) arcs along the lower rim. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded border typical of Hanoverian coinage of this period, and the upper arc of the legend reads EINE FEINE MARK. |
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Ernest August acceded to the throne of Hanover in 1837 under the peculiar mechanics of the Salic Law: when Victoria became Queen of Britain, the two crowns — united since George I in 1714 — finally separated, since Hanover barred female succession. His first act of genuine controversy was revoking the liberal constitution of 1833, dismissing seven Göttingen professors who protested publicly, an incident that scandalized much of Europe. This small fractional silver issue belongs to the earliest years of his reign, minted while the political fallout from that dismissal was still very much alive.