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1 Thaler
| Issuer | Lübeck, Free Hanseatic city of |
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| Year | 1591 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central figure of Saint John the Evangelist standing facing, depicted bearded and draped in layered robes, holding a book in his left hand with an eagle at his right side — the traditional attributes of the evangelist. Below the figure, the city arms of Lübeck are displayed on a shield: a quartered coat divided with a hatched base and a fleur-de-lis emblem. The date 1591 is incorporated into the circular outer legend, which reads MONETA. NOVA. LVBECENS., arranged around the inner rope border. The overall relief is rendered in the robust late-Renaissance style characteristic of North German hammered coinage. |
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| Reverse description | The Imperial double-headed eagle of the Holy Roman Empire dominates the reverse field, displayed with spread wings and two crowned heads facing outward beneath a single imperial crown. On the breast of the eagle, a shield bears the letter Z, likely a mintmaster's or die-cutter's mark. The sceptre and orb are visible in the eagle's talons. The surrounding legend, reading RVDOLPHVS. II. D. G. IMP. CE. AVGVS., identifies the ruling emperor Rudolf II, by the grace of God, Roman Emperor and Augustus. The engraving is characteristic of the late sixteenth-century Imperial coinage style, with strong, bold relief typical of hammered thalers. |
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| Mint | Lübeck |
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