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1 Thaler - John George I Klippe, Wedding of Marie Elisabeth and Frederick III
| Uitgever | Saxony (Albertinian Line), Electorate of |
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| Jaar | 1630 |
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| Waarde | 1 Thaler |
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| Schrift voorzijde | Latin |
| Opschrift voorzijde | SCOPVS VITÆ MEÆ CHRISTI IOHAN GEORG : D : G : DVX SAXONIÆ ARCHIMAR ET ELECT (Translation: Christ, the goal of my life. John George, by the grace of God, archmarshal and elector.) |
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Struck to commemorate the 1630 marriage of Marie Elisabeth of Saxony to Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorf, this klippe was produced as a presentation piece rather than circulating currency. Square-format talers of this type were standard gifts at princely weddings in the Holy Roman Empire — distributed to guests, diplomats, and vassals as tokens of dynastic occasion. The timing is historically striking: 1630 is the year Gustavus Adolphus landed in Pomerania, drawing the Empire deeper into the Thirty Years' War, and Saxony's Elector John George I was still attempting to maintain a fragile neutrality between the Catholic League and the Protestant alliance.
Schnee 866 is among the more readily encountered of John George's wedding klippes, though surviving examples in undamaged condition are genuinely scarce — presentation pieces were frequently mounted or pierced by recipients.