1 Thaler - Wolfgang William

Wolfgang William converted to Catholicism in 1613 — a calculated move to secure his claim to the Jülich-Kleve-Berg succession after the death of the last duke left the territories contested between Protestant and Catholic claimants. The conversion shocked the Reformed establishment and aligned Palatinate-Neuburg firmly with the Habsburgs and the Bavarian Wittelsbachs, a pivot that reshaped confessional politics on the Rhine for decades.

These thalers were struck at the height of the Thirty Years' War, when military financing demands were reshaping mint output across the Empire. Dav. 7167 is among the more localized issues of the period, produced in relatively modest quantities compared to the major Imperial mints.