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1 Thaler
| Issuer | Lüneburg, City of |
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| Year | 1572 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse lettering | MONETA. NOVA. CIVI. LVNEBVRG. 7Z |
| Reverse description | A crowned double-headed imperial eagle displayed in the field, its two heads facing outward and surmounted by a single Imperial crown. On the breast of the eagle is a circular orb bearing the value numeral 3Z (32 Kreuzer), denoting the coin's tariff within the Imperial monetary system. The surrounding Latin legend references Emperor Maximilian II as Holy Roman Emperor. |
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Lüneburg's wealth in the sixteenth century rested almost entirely on salt — the city controlled the Lüneburg Heath salt works, which supplied much of northern Europe and made it one of the richest municipalities in the Holy Roman Empire. That commercial dominance is precisely why the city retained the right to strike its own coinage well into the imperial period, when smaller or less prosperous towns had long since lost theirs.
Mader's classification as 245b distinguishes this from the primary 245 variety by minor die differences that specialists continue to debate in terms of sequence and output volume.