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| Emittent | Duchy of Friedland |
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| Jahr | 1628 |
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| Nennwert | 1 Thaler |
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| Aversbeschreibung | Draped bust of Albrecht von Wallenstein facing right, wearing a ruff collar and armour, with short hair and a pointed beard, rendered in high relief in the baroque portrait style typical of early seventeenth-century German coinage. The date 1628 appears in the lower field beneath the bust. A circular beaded inner border frames the effigy, with the Latin legend distributed around the periphery reading ALBERTV. D. G. DVX. FRIDL. SA. ET. SAGAN. identifying Wallenstein as Duke of Friedland, Sagan and Mecklenburg by the grace of God. |
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| Averslegende | ALBERTV. D. G. DVX. FRIDL. SA. ET. SAGAN. A° 1628 |
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Wallenstein received the Duchy of Friedland in 1622 as direct payment for his financial and military services to Ferdinand II, and his right to strike coinage followed — an unusual privilege granted to a military commander rather than a hereditary prince. By 1628, when this thaler was issued, he was at the absolute peak of his power, commanding over 100,000 men and effectively operating as a semi-autonomous warlord within the Habsburg structure. Ferdinand dismissed him that same year under pressure from the Imperial princes, who feared exactly the kind of sovereignty this coinage symbolized.