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1 Thaler - Kaspar I of Hörsel
| Issuer | Abbey of Corvey |
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| Year | 1547 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field occupied by a large quartered heraldic shield bearing the arms of the Abbey of Corvey, divided into four quarters displaying crosshatched and fleur-de-lis motifs with additional charges in each canton. The date 1547 appears above the shield, flanked by small ornaments. A continuous circular legend in Latin surrounds the shield, reading the abbot's name and title, rendered in Gothic-influenced lettering characteristic of mid-sixteenth-century German coinage. The entire design is contained within a beaded inner border. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Corvey, the Benedictine abbey on the Weser founded in 822, held the status of an Imperial Abbey — answerable directly to the Emperor, not to any territorial prince — which gave its abbots the right to strike coins under their own authority. Kaspar I von Hörsel, abbot from 1542 to 1558, issued this thaler during the height of the Schmalkaldic crisis, when Charles V was actively contesting the rights of Protestant princes and the political position of ecclesiastical territories was far from settled.
Corvey's coinage rights were exercised only sporadically, making each dated issue from this period a distinct event rather than part of continuous production. The Davenport reference places it firmly in the German Talers series, the Ilisch/Schwede classification being the more granular modern authority for Corvey specifically.