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1 Thaler - Henry Julius Ausbeutetaler
| Issuer | Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Principality of |
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| Year | 1597-1598 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | P EP HAL D BR ET LV HEINR IVL DG P |
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Henry Julius inherited Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel in 1589 and aggressively expanded silver mining operations in the Harz Mountains, particularly around Wildemann and Lautenthal. The Ausbeutetaler — literally a "yield thaler" — was struck from ore produced by specific mining ventures, functioning as a public accounting of that extraction rather than simply a coin. Investors and operators in the mining syndicates received these pieces as a form of dividend acknowledgment.
The 1597–1598 dating places this issue during a peak production window at the Zellerfeld mint before Henry Julius relocated his court interests toward Wolfenbüttel.