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2 Thalers - George Death
| Issuer | Brunswick-Lüneburg-Calenberg |
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| Year | 1641 |
| Type | Commemorative circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Half-length effigy of Duke Georg of Brunswick-Lüneburg facing right, depicted in elaborate full armour with richly engraved breastplate, holding a baton of command in his right hand and a sword in his left. The portrait is rendered in high relief in the Baroque manner, conveying military authority and ducal dignity. A beaded inner circle frames the figure, with the Latin circumferential legend reading GEORG D G DVX BRVNS ET LVN CIRC SAXON INFER GENERAL distributed around the periphery within a beaded border. |
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| Reverse lettering | NATVS XVII FEBRV AO MDLXXXII OBIIT II APRIL HORA VESP VII AO MDCXLI PATRIA REX IT LIBERATA AN V MENS II VIXIT AO S LIX MENS I DIES XIII HEROS PIVS FELIX VICTOR TRIVMPHA TOR H S |
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| Mint | Zellerfeld |
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