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1 Thaler - George II
| Issuer | Brunswick-Lüneburg-Calenberg-Hannover |
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| Year | 1727-1729 |
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| Value | 1 Thaler |
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| Obverse description | The central field displays the crowned royal arms of Great Britain, supported by a lion to the dexter and a unicorn to the sinister, encircled by the Garter belt bearing the motto HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE. The date is divided above the shield, and a ribbon carrying the motto DIEU ET MON DROIT appears below. The entire composition is surrounded by the peripheral legend reading GEORGIVS II D G M BRIT FR ET HIB REX F D, identifying the king as George II by the Grace of God King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith. |
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| Edge | Lettered |
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George II acceded to the British throne in June 1727 following the sudden death of George I at Osnabrück, and the Hanoverian mint moved quickly to update its coinage for the new Elector. The brief window of 1727–1729 for this issue reflects the transition period before consolidated dies were established, making the earliest strikes from this run notably inconsistent in depth and centering — a documented characteristic of the Clausthal mint under rushed production, not a grading artifact.
As Elector of Hanover and King of Great Britain simultaneously, George II's German titles carried genuine administrative weight; the thaler circulated on its own merits within the Holy Roman Empire entirely independently of his British reign.