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⅙ Thaler - George II
| Issuer | Brunswick-Lüneburg-Calenberg-Hannover (German States) |
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| Year | 1727 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Reverse lettering | BR & L DUX S R I A T & EL |
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| Mint | Clausthal, modern-day Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany |
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George II ascended to the British throne in June 1727 following the sudden death of George I at Osnabrück, and this issue would have been struck in the months surrounding that transition — a moment when his dual role as King of Great Britain and Elector of Hanover demanded parallel coinage programs on both sides of the North Sea. The Calenberg-Hannover mint output of this period was directly tied to the administrative machinery of the Electorate, which George continued to govern as a personal possession entirely separate from the British Crown.
Welter 2608 is among the scarcer denominations of the type, the sixth-thaler occupying an awkward practical niche that limited its production relative to larger silver.