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1 Thaler
| Issuer | Magdeburg, City of |
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| Year | 1623-1630 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse lettering | MONO·CIVITATIS·MAGDEBURGIS |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Magdeburg's thalers of this period were struck under existential pressure. The city held out as a Protestant stronghold during the Thirty Years' War until May 1631, when Imperial and Catholic League forces under Tilly sacked it in one of the war's most catastrophic events — killing upwards of 20,000 civilians and burning the city nearly to the ground. Coins issued in the years immediately preceding the sack represent the final output of a functioning civic mint that would soon cease to exist entirely.
The Schrötter variety designation here suggests minor die differences from the principal type, likely reflecting the rushed, high-volume output demanded by a city financing its own defense.