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11/4 Thaler - Frederick Ulrich Glückslöser, Ausbeute
| Issuer | Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Principality of |
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| Year | 1622 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | In the central field, a personification of Fortune (Fortuna) stands atop a globe, rendered in high relief in the hammered style. The figure is depicted semi-draped with flowing drapery at the waist, holding aloft a billowing sail or veil with both arms raised in a dynamic pose, evoking the classical Fortuna iconography associated with the 'Glückslöser' lottery thaler type. The figure's stance and attributes convey the themes of chance and providence central to this Ausbeute (mining production) issue. Surrounding the central device is a beaded inner border, within which the German legend reads O IHR LEUTE ALLE VIER WAS IHR SUCHT DAS FINDET IHR HIER, inscribed continuously around the periphery between two beaded borders. |
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Frederick Ulrich's reign over Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel was, by most measures, a disaster — chronic mismanagement, dependence on favorites, and the grinding pressures of the Thirty Years' War left the principality financially exhausted. The Glückslöser ("lucky redeemer") designation and Ausbeute classification mark this as a mine-production piece, struck from silver extracted at the Rammelsberg or Upper Harz mines and issued partly as a demonstration that the mines were still productive amid the chaos of wartime.
1622 falls squarely within the Kipper und Wipper crisis, when debased coinage flooded German markets. A heavy silver Ausbeute thaler struck that year carried pointed political weight — an assertion of sound metal at a moment when sound metal had nearly vanished from circulation.