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1⁄24 Reichsdaler
| Issuer | Free Hanseatic City of Lübeck |
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| Year | 1645-1715 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Crowned double-headed imperial eagle displayed at center, with spread wings and detailed feather work rendered in the German baroque style. The eagle's breast bears a small escutcheon depicting the Lübeck city arms (a double-barred cross). The circular legend CIVITAT - IMPERIALIS runs along the periphery, affirming Lübeck's status as a free imperial city. The field is plain and unadorned, with the eagle occupying the majority of the coin's face. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Lübeck's stubborn retention of its Free City status through the Thirty Years' War — which ended in 1648, just a few years into this type's run — meant the city maintained its own monetary authority while much of northern Germany was being reorganized under competing territorial powers. The 1/24 Reichsdaler denomination was the workhorse of the north German small-change economy, pegged to the Reichsthaler through the Leipzig Foot of 1566, a monetary convention that outlasted the political chaos surrounding it by well over a century.