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1 Thaler - John II
| Issuer | Palatinate-Simmern, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1555-1556 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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John II of Simmern ruled the duchy from 1509 until his death in 1557, and these thalers were struck in the final two years of his life. The Palatinate-Simmern line was a cadet branch of the Wittelsbach dynasty, and while never among the most powerful Rhine territories, Simmern produced coinage that punched above its political weight during the mid-sixteenth century silver boom driven by Joachimstal and the expanding Imperial thaler standard.
The two-year window of production makes extended die study rewarding. Davenport's classification under GT I#9630 acknowledges the type without fully resolving the die sequence.