Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1⁄16 Thaler - Ernest August I
| Issuer | Bishopric of Osnabrück |
|---|---|
| Year | 1665-1668 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Thaler |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Ernest Augustus held the Bishopric of Osnabrück under the terms of the Peace of Westphalia (1648), which imposed an unusual alternating succession between Catholic and Protestant bishops — he was the first Protestant holder under that arrangement, serving as the Lutheran incumbent while simultaneously pursuing his ambitions in Hanover. The bishopric functioned more as a political and financial asset than a spiritual office for him.
Kennepohl 275 is the standard attribution for this fractional issue, produced during a four-year window before Ernest Augustus's attentions turned increasingly toward consolidating the Duchy of Calenberg.