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1 Thaler - Henry the younger
| Issuer | Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Principality of |
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| Year | 1555 |
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| Value | 1 Thaler |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1555: ND (1555) |
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Henry the Younger of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel was one of the most tenacious Catholic princes in northern Germany, holding out against the Lutheran Reformation long after his neighbors had converted — a position that brought him into direct military conflict with the Schmalkaldic League, which invaded his territory and deposed him in 1542. He regained his lands in 1547 only because Charles V defeated the League at Mühlberg. This thaler dates from that restored rule, struck just eight years before his death in 1568.
Davenport's GT I classification places it among the great German thalers of the mid-sixteenth century. Welter 393 is the standard attribution for the type.