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1 Thaler Election of Emperor Charles VI
| Issuer | Lübeck, Free Hanseatic city of |
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| Year | 1712 |
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| Weight | 29.39 g |
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| Obverse description | Full-length facing figure of St. John the Baptist, rendered in small scale at center, holding the Agnus Dei (lamb) in his arms. Below the figure, the civic arms of Lübeck appear within an elaborate baroque cartouche. The circumferential legend is interrupted by dashes and reads in three segments across the field. |
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| Obverse lettering | MONETA • NOVA •- LUBECENSIS • SALVO • CAES • - SALVA • RESPVB• |
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Charles VI was elected Holy Roman Emperor in October 1711, following the sudden death of his elder brother Joseph I from smallpox. Lübeck, like several other imperial free cities, marked the occasion with a thaler issue — a formal gesture of political allegiance as much as a celebratory one. The city had significant motivation: its status as a free imperial city depended entirely on the goodwill of the emperor it was now honoring.
The Behr 191a designation distinguishes this from at least one known die variant of the same type.