1/4 Thaler - Georg III Death of Georg III

Georg III ruled Liegnitz-Brieg jointly with his brothers Ludwig IV and Christian alongside the constant threat of Hohenzollern succession claims and Habsburg pressure to absorb the duchy entirely. He died in 1664, and this memorial quarter thaler was struck to mark his passing — a dynastic formality the Piast dukes of Silesia had practiced for generations. The R5 rarity rating in Kopicki is not incidental; Liegnitz-Brieg's mint output was modest, and memorial pieces in fractional denominations were struck in limited runs almost by definition.