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11/2 Thaler
| Issuer | Lübeck, Free Hanseatic city of |
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| Year | 1580 |
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| Weight | 42.37 g |
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| Obverse lettering | DAS BLVT CHRISTI REINIGET VNS VON ALLEN SVND |
| Reverse description | The Resurrection of Christ depicted in high relief within a rope border. The risen Christ is shown emerging triumphantly from the tomb, his body surrounded by radiant glory and a halo of rays, stepping upward with one arm raised. Prostrate and startled soldiers are shown at the base of the tomb, recoiling in awe. The circular Latin legend reads: ICH BIN DIE AVFERSTEHVNG VND DAS LEBEN IOH XI, a quotation from the Gospel of John 11, separated by star ornaments. The outer edge features fine milling. |
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Lübeck's status as a Free Imperial City gave it the right to strike full-weight thalers independent of any territorial prince — a privilege it exercised jealously throughout the sixteenth century. By 1580, the city's commercial dominance in the Baltic was already in decline, squeezed by the rising power of Dutch shipping, yet the mint continued producing prestige silver at a scale that projected confidence the counting houses no longer entirely felt.
The 1½ thaler denomination was never a workhorse of circulation; pieces at this weight were instruments of trade settlement and gift exchange among merchants and magistrates. The survival rate in high condition reflects exactly that — coins handled rarely and carefully rather than spent.