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1 Thaler - Ernest August Harz - Ausbeute
| Issuer | Brunswick-Lüneburg-Calenberg |
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| Year | 1695-1697 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a full-length standing figure of Saint Andrew, depicted as a bearded apostle with a nimbus, draped in flowing classical robes and holding an open book to his chest while leaning upon a large saltire cross (the crux decussata), his attribute as patron saint. The saint stands on a rocky ground line in a naturalistic baroque style with fine drapery detail. The circular Latin legend SANCT ANDREAS REVIVISCENS, meaning 'Saint Andrew Revived,' alludes to the reopening or renewed productivity of the Harz silver mines, reflecting the Ausbeute (mining yield) character of this thaler. |
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| Edge | Lettered |
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Ernest August had fought for decades to secure electoral status for Brunswick-Lüneburg, finally receiving the ninth electorate of the Holy Roman Empire in 1692 — the last ever created. These Ausbeute thalers were struck from silver mined in the Harz Mountains, a deliberate political advertisement: the new Elector demonstrating that his territories produced their own wealth. Mining revenues were a mark of sovereign credibility, and the Harz operations at that moment were genuinely productive.
Ernest August died in January 1698, leaving his son Georg Ludwig, the future George I of Britain, to inherit. The three-year window of this issue makes the Welter 1949 attribution worth verifying carefully against the closely related Welter 1950.