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| Issuer | Brunswick, City of |
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| Year | 1624-1630 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | FERDINAND. II. D. . ROM. IMP. S(E)(M). A(U)(V)(G)(U)(V)(S). |
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Brunswick issued this thaler during the opening decade of the Thirty Years' War, when the Lower Saxon Circle became a primary theater of conflict following Christian IV of Denmark's disastrous intervention in 1625. The city's coinage from this window reflects chronic monetary pressure — the Kipper und Wipper inflation of 1619–1623 had only just collapsed, leaving mints across the region scrambling to restore confidence in full-weight silver coinage. This piece belongs to that recovery effort.
The KM#30.2 designation distinguishes it from the earlier die pairing, with Jesse#134 providing the most precise attribution for the series within the city's municipal output.