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1 Thaler - Albert II Death
| Issuer | Brandenburg-Ansbach, Margraviate of |
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| Year | 1667 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#69.2 ST#6240 |
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| Reverse description | Seven-line Latin funerary inscription occupying the central field, recording the birth and death of Margrave Albert II: born at Onolzbach (Ansbach) on 18 September 1620, died at the same place on 22 October, after a reign of 28 years, aged 47 years, 1 month, and 4 days. A decorative arabesque ornament appears beneath the inscription. The peripheral legend continues the margrave's titles in Latin, separated by a cross patée, running around the full circumference of the coin within a milled border. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, died in 1667 after a reign marked by the slow reconstruction of his territories following the devastation of the Thirty Years' War. Death thalers — Sterbetaler — were a well-established German tradition by this point, struck not as mourning pieces per se but as dynastic announcements circulated among courts and allies. KM#69.2 is distinguished from the closely related 69.1 by die differences documented in the Storer reference, a distinction that matters considerably to specialists assembling complete die studies of the Ansbach series.