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1 Thaler - Reinhard II of Buchholz
| Issuer | Abbey of Corvey |
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| Year | 1557 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Full-length facing figure of Saint Vitus standing upon a lion, the saint depicted in ecclesiastical robes with arms extended, flanking the figure are the initials S-V. Two small shields of arms appear in the field, the Corvey abbey arms to the left and the Bocholtz arms to the right. A circular Latin legend surrounds the entire composition. |
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| Obverse lettering | RENER. D. G. ABB. COR. E. CIV. HOX. |
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Corvey's abbots held imperial immediacy — answering to the Emperor alone — but by the mid-sixteenth century the abbey was hemorrhaging both territory and authority to the Bishops of Paderborn and the Counts of Corvey. Reinhard II of Buchholz, who held the abbacy from 1547 to 1585, issued thalers partly as an assertion of that imperiled sovereign minting right. The coins were produced in small quantities; Weingärtner's census for this type reflects survivorship consistent with a ceremonial rather than commercial striking.