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1 Thaler
| Issuer | Lübeck, Free Hanseatic city of |
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| Year | 1662-1663 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#99, Dav CCT#5455, Behr#181 b |
| Obverse description | Full-length facing figure of St. John the Baptist standing, holding the Lamb of God in his arms, with the shield of the city arms of Lübeck displayed below in the field and a smaller shield bearing the arms of the mayor positioned to the left. The design is executed in high relief with fine baroque detail. The circular legend reads MONETA. NOVA. - LUBECENSIS., framed by a beaded inner border. |
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| Reverse description | Crowned double-headed imperial eagle displayed with spread wings, each head facing outward and surmounted by a single imperial crown beneath an arched crown spanning both heads. On the breast of the eagle, a circular orb bears the numeral 37, denoting the kreuzer value. The regnal legend of Emperor Leopold I encircles the design, with the date appearing at the conclusion of the legend. The field is framed by a beaded inner border. |
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Lübeck's Thaler coinage of the early 1660s falls within a period of acute financial strain for the city. The Thirty Years' War had ended only in 1648, and Lübeck — though spared direct occupation — had borne enormous costs financing its neutrality and protecting its mercantile interests in the Baltic. The city's monetary output in these years was irregular, which accounts for the two-year span on this type.
Behr's subdivision at 181b indicates a secondary die state or minor obverse variation within the broader emission, a distinction that matters to specialists assembling complete die studies of the Lübeck Thaler series.