2 Thalers - Jobst Maximilian
| Issuer | Gronsveld, Lordship of |
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| Year | 1642 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Value | 2 Thalers (5) |
| Currency | |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 57.9 g |
| Diameter | |
| Thickness | |
| Shape | Klippe |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Engraver(s) | |
| In circulation to | |
| Reference(s) | KM#15, Delmonte S#746a, Dav EC II#4501 |
| Obverse description | Crowned, quartered and ornamented arms, with double lettering around. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering |
✿ BRONCKHORSTIANORVM · COMITVM · FAMILIA · COM · IN · GRONSF · ET ✿ EBERST · L · B · IN · BATTENB · D · IN · ALPEN · ET · HONNOPEL (Translation: The family of the Earls of Bronckhorst, Earls of Gronsfeld and Eberstein, free Barons in Battenburg, Lords in Alpen and Humpel) |
| Reverse description | Name of God in Hebrew script within radiant sun above a four-line inscription and ornament, within inner circle; lettering in outer circle. |
| Reverse script | Hebrew, Latin |
| Reverse lettering |
IVSTVS · MAXMILIANVS · EX · ANTIQVA · A · DOMINO · FACTVM · EST · ISTVD 16 יהוה 42 ESVRIENTES IMP LEVIT · BONIS · ET DIVITES · DIMI SIT. INANES (Translation: Jobst Maximilian made by the Lord`s will The hungry he has filled with good things, and the rich he has sent away empty) |
| Edge | |
| Mint | |
| Mintage |
1642 - - |
| Numisquare ID | 1911053890 |
| Additional information |
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Historical Context: Issued in 1642, this 2 Thalers coin belongs to Jobst Maximilian, Count of Gronsveld. Gronsveld was a small imperial lordship within the Holy Roman Empire, possessing the crucial right of coinage (Münzrecht). This period was deeply marked by the Thirty Years' War. Jobst Maximilian's issuance of