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| Emittent | Oldenburg, County of |
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| Jahr | 1666 |
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| Währung | Thaler (1535-1773) |
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| Averslegende | ANTHON GUNTER D: G: CO: IN OLDENB: ET DELMH: D: IN IE: ET KNI: ÆTATIS. 83. REGIMINIS. 63. (Translation: Anton Gunther, by God`s grace Count in Oldenburg and Delmenhorst, Lord in Jever and Kniphausen. He was 83 reigned 63) |
| Reversbeschreibung | Ornate quartered coat of arms of Oldenburg and Delmenhorst surmounted by three crested helms with elaborate mantling in Baroque style. The central shield is divided into four quarters bearing the heraldic symbols of the county's territories, including barry and cross motifs and rampant lions. The date 1666 appears in the left field. The encircling Latin legend reads AUXILIUM MEUM A DOMINO, a devotional motto taken from Psalm 121. |
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Anthony Günter of Oldenburg was one of the longest-reigning German counts of the seventeenth century, holding power from 1603 until his death in 1667 — just one year after this piece was struck. The 83rd birthday thaler belongs to a well-established tradition among northern German courts of issuing commemorative presentation thalers for significant birthday milestones, a practice that produced some of the most historically personalized coinage of the baroque period.
He died without legitimate male issue, and Oldenburg passed to the Danish crown shortly after. This coin was struck, in effect, on the eve of the county's absorption.