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11/2 Thaler - George Christian
| Issuer | County of East Frisia (East Frisia, German States) |
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| Year | 1660-1665 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#A102 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | DA·PACEM·DOMINE·IN·DIEBVS·NO: |
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George Christian ruled East Frisia during one of the most turbulent stretches in the county's history, navigating the aftermath of the Thirty Years' War while managing near-constant friction with the Estates — the powerful local nobility and burgher class who jealously guarded their financial autonomy against comital authority. The production of large silver thalers in this period was partly a political act: controlling the mint meant controlling a visible assertion of sovereign status in a region where that status was perpetually contested.
The 1½ thaler denomination was never a workhorse of circulation. Issues of this size were produced in limited quantities, often serving diplomatic or presentation purposes rather than everyday trade.