1 Thaler - Henry Julius Pelikantaler

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.