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1 Thaler - Adolphus Frederick III Bicentenary of the Reformation
| Issuer | Mecklenburg-Strelitz |
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| Year | 1717 |
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| Currency | Thaler (1701-1872) |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Adolf Friedrich III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, facing right, wearing armor and a flowing wig with long curled locks in the baroque style. The legend encircles the bust reading P.G. ADOLPH. FRID. III. MECKLENBVX. The engraver's initials I.C.A. appear in the exergue below the truncation. The portrait is rendered in high relief with fine detail to the hair and drapery, typical of early eighteenth-century German medallic art. |
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| Obverse lettering | P.G. ADOLPH. FRID. III. MECKLENBVX |
| Reverse description | Allegorical figure of Religion standing before a classical temple, holding an anchor symbolizing hope and steadfast faith. An inscription commemorating the bicentenary of the Lutheran Reformation appears in the field and exergue, with the date 1717 prominently displayed below. The composition is typical of German Reformation commemorative coinage of the period, combining religious allegory with architectural elements to celebrate the two-hundredth anniversary of Martin Luther's Reformation. |
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