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1 Vereinsthaler - William
| Issuer | Brunswick, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1858-1871 |
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| Diameter | 33 mm |
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| Reverse description | The quartered arms of the Duchy of Brunswick, elaborately engraved, are displayed at centre, surmounted by a large royal crown and flanked on either side by ermine-lined mantling draped from the crown. The shield incorporates multiple heraldic charges including lions, an eagle, and stags across its eight quarters. The circular legend EIN VEREINSTHALER XXX EIN PFUND FEIN surrounds the composition, with the date 1865 placed in the lower field below the shield, separated by a small ornamental device. A fine toothed border frames the entire design. |
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| Mintage | 1858 - - 49,088 1859 - - 29,657 1865 - - 20,000 1866 - - 1867 - - 1870 B - - 1871 B - - 48,320 |
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William, Duke of Brunswick, ruled under terms imposed by the Diet of the German Confederation after his elder brother Charles II was driven out by a popular uprising in 1830. The Vereinsthaler denomination itself was standardized by the Vienna Coinage Treaty of 1857, which unified the thaler-zone states of the German Customs Union into a coherent silver standard — this issue falls squarely within that framework's first decade.
Brunswick was absorbed into Prussia following the Austro-Prussian War of 1866, though William retained his title until his death in 1884. Coins of his reign struck after 1866 are technically issues of a duchy under Prussian administration, with no dynastic successor ever confirmed.