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1/2 Thaler - Reinhard II of Buchholz
| Issuer | Abbey of Corvey |
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| Year | 1558 |
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| Value | 1/2 Thaler |
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| Obverse description | Full-length facing effigy of St. Vitus, the patron saint of Corvey, depicted standing upon a lion passant, with the saint's figure dividing the initials S-V (Sanctus Vitus) on either side. Two small armorial shields flank the central figure, the arms of Corvey to the left and those of Bocholtz to the right. The peripheral legend in Latin identifies the issuing abbot, Reinhard II von Bocholtz, Abbot of Corvey. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Reinhard II von Reden served as Prince-Abbot of Corvey from 1543 until his death in 1585, presiding over the abbey during the turbulent decades when Lutheran reform was dismantling ecclesiastical authority across the Westphalian territories. Corvey's minting rights, long contested, were exercised intermittently throughout his tenure — this half thaler belongs to a small emission documented under Ilisch/Schwede as variety Aa, distinguishing it from later die states of the same type.
The abbey itself traced its coining privilege to medieval imperial grants, but by the mid-sixteenth century production was sporadic and politically fraught.