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1 Thaler - Gustav II Adolphus Death, Swedish occupation
| Issuer | Osnabrück, City of |
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| Year | 1633 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | Central field bears a multi-line German and Latin memorial inscription surmounted by an open royal crown. The text references the Biblical passage John 10 — EIN GVTER HIRT LESSET SEIN LEBEN FVR DIE SCHAEFE (a good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep) — alluding to the fallen king. The mint name OSNABRV[CK] appears below the inscription. The outer circular legend, reading in Latin, references the year 1633 and the Swedish imperial occupation of the city (SUB IMPERIO SUECICO), all enclosed within a beaded border. |
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| Mintage | 1633 |
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Gustav II Adolphus was killed at the Battle of Lützen on 6 November 1632 — struck down in fog and close-quarters cavalry fighting, his body found stripped by soldiers who didn't recognize him. This thaler was struck the following year by Osnabrück under Swedish military occupation, one of several German cities compelled or motivated to issue commemorative pieces honoring the fallen king whose armies controlled them. The grief was not purely voluntary.
Osnabrück would later become one of the two cities where the Peace of Westphalia was negotiated in 1648, ending the same war that killed the king this coin mourns.