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1 Thaler - Christian
| Issuer | Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Margraviate of |
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| Year | 1609 |
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| Value | 1 Thaler |
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| Obverse lettering | CHRISTIAN. D. G. MAR CH* BRAND* PRVSSIÆ. |
| Reverse description | A large oval shield of manifold quartered arms, encompassing the heraldic territories of the Hohenzollern dynasty including Brandenburg, Prussia, Pomerania, and Nuremberg burgraviate among others, set within an ornate baroque cartouche with scrollwork and foliate ornaments. The date 1609 is divided by the shield, with 16 to the left and 09 to the right within the decorative frame. The circular Latin legend abbreviating the margrave's full titulature runs along the beaded outer border. |
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Christian of Brandenburg-Bayreuth came to power in 1603 at age fourteen and spent much of his early reign navigating the fractious politics of the Franconian Hohenzollern territories. The 1609 date places this thaler in a charged moment: the Jülich-Kleve succession crisis was erupting that same year, drawing the Protestant Union — of which Brandenburg-Bayreuth was a member — into direct confrontation with Catholic Habsburg interests. Coinage from this period served concrete diplomatic and financial functions, circulating as payment for military obligations and alliance fees.
Davenport's ST#6258 designation places it among the documented Saxony-Thaler series variants. Christian died in 1655, an unusually long reign for the period.