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1 Thaler - George
| Issuer | Brunswick-Lüneburg-Calenberg |
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| Year | 1635-1636 |
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| Value | 1 Thaler |
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| Obverse description | Armored bust of Duke George of Brunswick-Lüneburg facing right, wearing elaborately decorated plate armor with a lace collar visible beneath the gorget, and a sword hilt visible at the lower right. The effigy is rendered in high relief in the Germanic Baroque style, with flowing hair and naturalistic facial features. A beaded inner border frames the portrait, with the circumferential Latin legend reading GEORGIUS. D. G. DUX. BRUNS. ET. LUNEB: distributed around the periphery of the coin. |
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| Obverse lettering | GEORGIUS. D. G. DUX. BRUNS. ET. LUNEB: |
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George of Calenberg issued this thaler during one of the most destructive stretches of the Thirty Years' War, when Imperial and Swedish forces were tearing through Lower Saxony interchangeably. Brunswick-Lüneburg-Calenberg's mint output in 1635–36 coincided almost exactly with the Peace of Prague, which George signed in 1635 — a separate peace that briefly aligned him with the Emperor after years of Protestant coalition politics.
Davenport's ST#6502 designation places this among the standard thaler-weight issues of the Calenberg line, distinct from the broader Brunswick ducal coinage by jurisdiction rather than type. The two-year window reflects either a die run spanning both years or sequential issues under the same administration.