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1 Thaler - Maria Danielstaler
| Issuer | Lordship of Jever |
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| Year | 1561 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the elaborate helmeted arms of the Lordship of Jever, featuring a crowned lion passant within an ornate cartouche surmounted by a plumed helm with decorative mantling. The date 15-61 is divided by the shield on either side. A circumferential Latin legend in Roman capitals runs along the beaded inner border, recording the titles of the lady ruler Maria of Jever. |
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| Mintage | 1561 |
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Jever was a tiny but fiercely independent lordship on the North Sea coast, and this Danielstaler takes its name from the Old Testament episode of Daniel in the lions' den — a type adopted across several north German territories in the 1560s as a coded expression of Protestant faith under pressure. The choice was pointed: Jever had embraced Lutheranism under Fräulein Maria, who ruled the lordship alone from 1536 until her death in 1575, one of the few women to exercise direct territorial authority in the Holy Roman Empire.
Daumer catalogs this type as genuinely scarce. Jever's mint output was limited throughout Maria's reign.