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1 Thaler - Henry Julius Pelikantaler
| Issuer | Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Principality of |
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| Year | 1599 |
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| Currency | Thaler (1499-1814) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Henry Julius ruled Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel from 1589 until his death in 1613, and is remembered as much for his theatrical ambitions — he wrote and staged German-language plays at his court — as for his political maneuvering between the Protestant Union and the Catholic Hapsburg orbit. The pelican feeding its young with its own blood was a deliberate personal emblem, chosen for its theological resonance with Lutheran piety and self-sacrifice, not simply decorative convention.
Davenport traces the type across multiple years; the 1599 date falls within the most actively documented production window for this series at the Wolfenbüttel mint under mintmaster supervision.