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2 Thalers
| Issuer | Magdeburg, City of |
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| Year | 1624 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Crowned double-headed imperial eagle displayed in the field, with wings spread, each head bearing a crown; a central orb on the eagle's breast bears the denomination numeral indicating 2 Thalers. The date is divided by the crown at the top of the composition. The surrounding circular Latin legend names the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II with his full imperial titulature. A beaded inner border separates the legend from the central eagle device. |
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| Reverse lettering | FERDINANDUS ° - ° II • D : G : RO : IM : S • A : PS • 16 - 24 |
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Magdeburg's 1624 double thaler was struck less than seven years before the city's catastrophic destruction in May 1631, when Imperial and League forces under Tilly sacked it with a ferocity that killed upwards of 20,000 residents and left the city a ruin for years. The municipal coinage of this period reflects Magdeburg's last decade as a functioning civic financial authority before that erasure.
The Schrötter reference noting a variety suggests minor die differences exist within this issue — not uncommon for large-format silver struck by municipal mints operating without the production consistency of territorial workshops.