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1 Thaler
| Issuer | Lübeck, Free Hanseatic city of |
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| Year | 1605-1609 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse lettering | RVDOLPHVS. II. D. G. IMP. SEMPER. AVGVS. |
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| Mintage | 1605 - (1)605 - 1607 - (1)607 - 1608 - (1)608 - 1609 - (1)609 - |
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Lübeck's status as a Free Imperial City gave it the right to strike its own coinage, a privilege it defended fiercely against encroachment from the surrounding Duchy of Holstein. These thalers were produced during a period when the city's commercial dominance in the Baltic was already in structural decline — Amsterdam and Hamburg were rapidly absorbing trade routes that Lübeck had controlled for two centuries through the Hanseatic network.
Behr 135b is distinguished from the closely related 135a by a minor legend variation, a detail that trips up collectors who rely on KM alone.