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1 Thaler - George III
| Issuer | Brunswick-Lüneburg-Calenberg-Hannover |
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| Year | 1773-1797 |
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| Currency | Thaler |
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| Reverse lettering | 1774 BRUNS·&·LUN·DUX·S·R·I·A·TH·&·ELECT I.W.S. |
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| Mint | Clausthal Mint |
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George III's Hanoverian coinage existed in a peculiar constitutional limbo: struck in his capacity as Elector of Hanover, these thalers were issued under entirely separate authority from his British crown. The personal union between Britain and Hanover meant George governed the electorate by hereditary right, not parliamentary consent, and the Hanoverian mint operated accordingly — answerable to the Hanoverian chancellery rather than to Westminster or the Bank of England.
The long date range reflects the stability of the type rather than continuous heavy production. Welter 2800 distinguishes several die varieties across these years.