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1 Thaler - George I Louis Death of Sophia of Pfalz
| Issuer | Brunswick-Lüneburg-Calenberg-Hannover |
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| Year | 1714 |
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| Value | 1 Thaler |
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| Obverse description | Veiled draped bust of Sophia, Electress of Hanover and Heiress of Great Britain, facing right, her hair elaborately curled beneath a flowing veil. The portrait is rendered in high relief with fine detail to the drapery folds. A circular Latin legend surrounds the effigy, beginning with a star at the apex and reading continuously around the coin. The rim is decorated with a bold milled border of fine vertical reeds. |
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| Obverse lettering | * SOPHIA • D • G • EX • STIRPE • EL • PAL • ELECT • VID • BR • ET • LVN • MAG • BRIT • HAERES * |
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Sophia of Hanover died on June 8, 1714, just weeks before the Act of Settlement would have placed her on the British throne — her son George I Louis inherited that claim instead, becoming George I of Great Britain two months later. This thaler was struck to mark her death, making it simultaneously a mourning issue and a piece documenting the dynastic pivot that redirected the course of British monarchy. Sophia never ruled a day in England.