1 Thaler - Christoph Bernhard of Galen

Christoph Bernhard von Galen — "Bömben-Bernd" to his enemies — was among the most militaristic prince-bishops of the seventeenth century, spending much of his reign trying to reconquer the city of Münster, which had effectively expelled episcopal authority during the Thirty Years' War. These thalers date to the opening years of his episcopate, just after the Peace of Westphalia forced him to accept terms he spent the next two decades trying to reverse. He eventually allied with England, France, and Sweden against the Dutch Republic in the 1665–67 war, besieging Groningen with artillery — hence the nickname.