1 Thaler - Wolfgang William

Wolfgang Wilhelm converted from Lutheranism to Catholicism in 1613 — a calculated move to secure his claim to the Jülich-Cleves succession crisis, one of the more consequential territorial disputes preceding the Thirty Years' War. The conversion worked. He gained Jülich and Berg, and Palatinate-Neuburg shifted permanently into the Catholic camp at precisely the moment confessional allegiance was determining who would survive the coming war.

By 1626 the war was two years from its Danish phase and Neuburg was navigating carefully. Davenport ST#7168 places this issue within a tightly documented taler sequence for the duchy; Noss remains the authoritative reference for Neuburg coinage and classifies this under the Be#352 die pairing.