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1 Thaler - Henry of Bobenhausen
| Issuer | Teutonic Order |
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| Year | 1575-1576 |
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| Currency | Thaler (1525-1809) |
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| Reverse description | Full-length crowned figure of the Madonna standing facing, holding the Christ Child on her left arm, set against a radiate background of undulating rays filling the entire field. The Virgin wears flowing robes and a crown, while the Christ Child is depicted in profile. A circular Latin legend, divided by the central figure, surrounds the composition within a beaded inner border and milled outer rim. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Heinrich von Bobenhausen served as Administrator of the Teutonic Order from 1572, never formally elected Grand Master because the Order's Prussian branch had been secularized by Albert of Brandenburg-Ansbach in 1525 — a loss the Order never fully absorbed. By the 1570s the Order's territorial authority was largely confined to scattered German commanderies, and coinage like this Thaler was issued more to assert institutional continuity than from any practical monetary necessity.
Prokisch 31a distinguishes this variety within the short two-year emission window.