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1/2 Thaler - Julius Ernest
| Uitgever | Principality of Dannenberg |
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| Jaar | 1624-1625 |
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| Gewicht | 14.5 g |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Armored bust of Julius Ernest, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, facing right, wearing a ruffled collar and elaborately engraved armor with scale detailing on the shoulder. The head is crowned, with long flowing hair visible beneath. The effigy is rendered in the bold, somewhat high-relief style characteristic of early seventeenth-century German hammered coinage. A circular legend in Latin surrounds the bust, separated from the inner field by a beaded border. The legend reads: V. G. G. IULIUS. ERNESTUS. H. Z. BRUN. U. LU. |
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| Schrift keerzijde | Latin |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
Dannenberg was a minor holding within the fragmented Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Julius Ernest ruled it as a subordinate line during one of the most disruptive periods in German monetary history. The Kipper und Wipper crisis of roughly 1619–1623 had debased coinage across the Empire so aggressively that the Imperial Circle system nearly collapsed, and mints scrambled to restore credibility in its aftermath. This half thaler, struck right at that cusp of monetary rehabilitation, was produced under the reform pressures of the Reichsmünzordnung rather than during the debasement itself.
Dannenberg's independent minting rights were short-lived. The line died out with Julius Ernest in 1635, after which its territories reverted to the main Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel line.