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1 Thaler - Christopher of Bellinghausen
| Issuer | Corvey, Abbey of |
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| Year | 1688 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#101.1, Dav CCT#5200, Ilisch/Schwede#324 A/a, Weing Corvey#139 |
| Obverse description | Centrally placed quartered Spanish-style shield bearing the four-fold arms of Corvey Abbey, superimposed upon a crossed sword and crozier in saltire. Three ornate helmets with elaborate cresting rise above the shield. A three-quarter-length frontal figure of St. Vitus, patron saint of the abbey, appears above the helmets. The date 1688 is divided by the lower portion of the shield at the base of the design. The circular legend reads ST. VITVS. PATR - CORBEIENSIS. |
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| Reverse lettering | LEOPOLD. I. &. MAGNVS. D. G. ROM. IMP. SEMP. AVG. TVRCAR. DOMITOR. |
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Corvey's abbots held the rank of Imperial Prince, giving them the right to strike thalers — a privilege the abbey exercised sporadically and often in direct tension with its chronic financial difficulties. Christopher of Bellinghausen governed from 1678 to 1696, a period when the Westphalian abbey was still recovering from the devastations of the Thirty Years' War and carrying substantial debts. The Ilisch/Schwede reference catalogues the die pairing precisely as A/a, distinguishing it from the small number of variant combinations known for this emission.