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1 Thaler - John Albert II
| Issuer | Mecklenburg-Güstrow, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1622 |
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| Value | 1 Thaler |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Duke John Albert II facing right, wearing armor with elaborate lace collar and a shield-shaped decorative breastplate bearing the ducal arms. The figure is depicted with flowing hair and a beard in the Baroque portrait style. The date 1622 appears in the field to the right of the bust. The circumferential Latin legend runs along the inner border of the coin's milled rim. |
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| Reverse description | Elaborate crowned coat of arms of the Duchy of Mecklenburg-Güstrow occupying the central field, quartered and displaying the characteristic bull's head of Mecklenburg alongside other territorial devices. The shield is surmounted by multiple ornate crested helms with elaborate mantling spreading to either side. The circumferential Latin legend abbreviating the duke's full title runs around the periphery within the milled rim. |
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John Albert II ruled Mecklenburg-Güstrow during one of the most disruptive periods in the duchy's history — the Thirty Years' War was already four years old by 1622, and the economic strain was beginning to fracture the German silver coinage system. The Kipper und Wipper crisis, which peaked precisely around this date, saw mints across the Empire debasing currency at a catastrophic rate, making full-weight silver thalers increasingly anomalous and, in practical terms, hoarded rather than spent.
Kunzel 430 C/c identifies a specific die pairing within the John Albert II thaler series — the C/c designation distinguishing obverse and reverse die combinations documented by Kunzel's reference work on Mecklenburg coinage.