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1 Thaler - William V
| Issuer | Jülich-Kleve-Berg, United duchies of |
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| Year | 1545-1554 |
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| Value | 1 Thaler |
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| Obverse description | Armored bust of Wilhelm V, Duke of Jülich-Kleve-Berg, facing left, wearing a beret, with draped and articulated armor visible at the shoulders and chest, contained within a beaded inner circle. A shield bearing the ducal arms is depicted before the bust. The surrounding Latin legend reads IN. DEO. SPES. MEA. GVILHELMVS. D. G., identifying the issuer by name and invoking divine trust, separated by stops. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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William V ruled the United Duchies through one of the most politically precarious decades of the sixteenth century. His 1543 capitulation to Charles V at Venlo — surrendering Guelders and Zutphen after a catastrophically brief military campaign — left him stripped of ambition and largely dependent on Habsburg goodwill for the remainder of his reign. The thalers issued across this decade reflect a duchy reconsolidating rather than projecting power.
Noss 311 places this among the better-documented issues of the series, though die linkage across the 1545–1554 span remains inconsistently catalogued between Noss and Davenport.