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1 Thaler - Georg III, Ludwig IV and Christian
| Issuer | Liegnitz-Brieg, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1657-1659 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents the quartered oval arms of the Duchy of Liegnitz-Brieg-Wohlau, richly engraved and surrounded by elaborate Baroque mantling and scrollwork. Above the shield rise three ornate helmets with crests, the central crest surmounted by a large plumed display, flanked by a displayed eagle to the left and a checkered banner to the right. The mintmaster's initials E and W appear in the lower field on either side of the shield's base. The date 1658 is incorporated at the end of the encircling Latin legend, which names the dukes' Silesian titles. |
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| Reverse lettering | DUCES·SILESIÆ·LIGNIC·BR/EGENS·ET:WOLAVIENSES·1658 |
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Georg III, Ludwig IV, and Christian ruled Liegnitz-Brieg jointly as the last Piast dukes of Silesia — a dynasty that had governed the region since the thirteenth century. When Christian died in 1672 without a male heir, the Habsburgs absorbed the duchy under long-standing succession treaties, extinguishing the oldest surviving Piast line entirely. These joint-reign thalers, struck across a narrow window in the late 1650s, document that final generation of Piast coinage before the dynasty's extinction made further issues impossible.
The Koper reference 5330 distinguishes this as the .1 variety under KM#414, differentiated by die alignment details recorded in the Davenport Saxony series at ST#7731.