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1/8 Thaler - John Frederick Death
| Issuer | Brunswick-Lüneburg-Calenberg (German States) |
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| Year | 1679 |
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| Value | 1/8 Thaler |
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| Reverse description | The entire reverse field is occupied by a thirteen-line Latin funerary inscription in Roman capital lettering, recording the biographical data of Duke John Frederick: his birth on 25 April 1625, his accession to rule over the duchies of Calenberg, Grubenhagen, and the territory of Göttingen in 1665, his death on 18 December 1679, and the place of his death, Augsburg (Augustae Vindelicorum). The inscription fills the field without any pictorial device, a format characteristic of German Baroque memorial coinage. The lettering is bold and evenly spaced, with interpuncts separating words and Roman numerals rendering all dates. |
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| Reverse lettering | NATUS ANN:M·DC·XXV. XXV·APRIL: POTITUS·RERUM IN DUCATIBUS·CA= LENBERG:GRUBENHAG: ET·TERRA·GOTTING: ANNO·M·DC·LXV· OBIIT·XIIX·DECEMB: ANNO·M·DC·LXXIX AUGUSTÆ VINDELI= CORUM· |
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John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg, died in December 1679 after a reign marked by his conversion to Catholicism — a deeply unpopular move in a staunchly Lutheran territory. Memorial coinage was a well-established tradition in the German states, and his death prompted issues across several denominations. The 1/8 Thaler sits at the smaller, more circulated end of that memorial series, suggesting it was intended to reach a broader audience than the larger presentation pieces struck for court distribution.