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1 Thaler - Christian, Bischof of Halberstadt Pfaffenfeind Taler
| Issuer | Bishopric of Halberstadt |
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| Year | 1622 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Within an ornate cartouche occupying the central field, a four-line inscription in German reads GOTTES / FREUNDT / DER PFAFFEN / FEINDT ('Friend of God, Enemy of Priests'), the celebrated Protestant motto of Administrator Christian of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. The surrounding circular legend, rendered in Latin capital letters, identifies the issuer. The toothed border frames the entire composition. |
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| Reverse description | An armored gauntlet or hand emerging from clouds holds a sword aloft, upon the point of which is impaled a cardinal's or Jesuit biretta cap, symbolizing Christian's militant anti-Catholic stance during the Thirty Years' War. The date appears at the conclusion of the surrounding Latin legend. The bold, propagandistic design is characteristic of the polemical coinage struck in Christian's name during the early 1620s. |
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| Mintage | 1622 |
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