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1 Thaler - Maria Gemeinstaler
| Issuer | Lordship of Jever |
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| Year | 1572 |
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| Reference(s) | MB#38, Dav GT I#9342 |
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| Reverse description | Four heraldic shields arranged in a cruciform pattern around a central imperial eagle displayed, representing the dynastic arms associated with Maria of Jever and her territorial claims. Above the central device rises a decorative column surmounted by a fleur-de-lis finial, with elaborate Renaissance scroll-work interlinking the four escutcheons. The individual quarterings include variously barry, chequy, and lion-bearing arms, each shield rendered with fine detail. A beaded inner border encloses the composition, with the Low German devotional legend disposed around the periphery between the inner and outer borders. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Lordship of Jever was a small Frisian territory that punched well above its size in silver coinage during the sixteenth century, largely because its ruler Maria of Jever — the last of the Edo dynasty — needed to assert independent authority without a male heir to do it for her. She governed alone from 1536 until her death in 1575, and the Gemeinstaler series was struck as a demonstration of that sovereignty in hard metal. Maria died without issue, and Jever passed to the counts of Oldenburg shortly after this coin was minted.