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1 Thaler - George William
| Issuer | Brunswick-Lüneburg-Calenberg |
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| Year | 1654-1664 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field features the elaborate quartered arms of Brunswick-Lüneburg within an ornate shield, displaying the traditional heraldic charges including lions passant, a lion rampant, and horizontal barry stripes representing the various territorial claims of the ducal house. The escutcheon is surmounted by a row of five crested helms, each bearing distinctive heraldic devices including a horse passant at centre, with foliate and antler crest ornaments flanking to either side. A decorative baroque cartouche frames the lower portion of the shield. The peripheral legend in Latin reads GEORG • WILHELM • HIRTZOG • ZU • BR • TU • LU, identifying the issuing ruler. The coin is struck within a beaded inner border with a milled rim. |
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| Obverse lettering | GEORG • WILHELM • HIRTZOG • ZU • BR • TU • LU |
| Reverse description | Central device depicts a standing Wild Man (Wilder Mann), a traditional heraldic figure of the Brunswick-Lüneburg coinage, shown full-length facing slightly left, his body covered in body hair, wearing a crown of oak leaves and holding a tall uprooted tree as a staff in his right hand and a leafy branch in his left. The figure stands on a ground line with a landscape suggested in the lower field. The surrounding legend in Latin reads PIETATE • ET • IUSTITIA • ANNO (date) HS, translating as 'By Piety and Justice,' with the date and mintmaster initials HS incorporated into the legend. A beaded inner border and milled rim frame the design. |
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