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1 Thaler - Peter von Biron
| Issuer | Courland and Semigallia, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1780 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Duke Peter von Biron facing right, with powdered wig styled in the late 18th-century fashion, tied at the nape with a ribbon and flowing queue. The portrait is rendered in a refined neoclassical style with fine detail on the hair curls and drapery folds at the truncation. A circular Latin legend surrounds the effigy along the periphery, separated from the coin's reeded border by a narrow flat rim. |
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| Obverse lettering | D · G · PETRUS · IN · LIV · CURL · ET · SEMGAL · DUX (Translation: With God`s grace, Peter, Duke of Livonia, Courland, and Semigallia) |
| Reverse description | Crowned heraldic composition featuring a central shield displaying the Courland eagle, flanked by a secondary shield bearing an armoured horseman (the Lithuanian Pahonia), all surmounted by a ducal crown. The entire armorial device is encircled by a Latin legend along the periphery, with the date 1780 incorporated into the reverse inscription. |
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