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1 Thaler - Maria Danielstaler
| Issuer | Jever, Lordship of |
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| Year | 1561 |
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| Value | 1 Thaler |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the ornate crowned arms of Jever featuring a rampant lion within an elaborate Renaissance-style cartouche with foliate mantling, surmounted by a crested helm bearing a plume or wheat-sheaf device. The date 1561 is divided by the shield, with 15 to the left and 61 to the right. A beaded inner border separates the arms from the surrounding circular Latin legend reading MARI GFB DO V FR T IEV RV OS V VV, an abbreviation of Maria's full titulature as Lady of Jever and Fräulein of Anhalt. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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The "Danielstaler" name derives from the Old Testament scene struck on this issue — an unusual iconographic choice that places it within a small group of 16th-century German talers using biblical narrative rather than dynastic portraiture. Jever was a tiny lordship on the North Sea coast, and its coinage output was sparse enough that each issue carries genuine documentary weight for the territory's political history.
Fräulein Maria von Jever, who ruled the lordship from 1536 until her death in 1575, commissioned this piece during a period when she was actively navigating pressure from neighboring Oldenburg to absorb her lands. She died without an heir, and Jever ultimately passed to Anhalt.