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2 Thalers - Ulrich II
| Issuer | East Frisia |
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| Year | 1631 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | DEO + CONFID NON + TIMEBO O3 + FACIAT MIHI + HOMO |
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| Edge | Plain |
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East Frisia's monetary output in the early 1630s was produced under extreme duress — the Thirty Years' War had brought Imperial and Spanish troops repeatedly through the region, and Ulrich II ruled a county whose political survival was genuinely uncertain. Large silver multiples like this double thaler were struck more for diplomatic and prestational purposes than circulation; pieces of this weight and denomination moved between treasuries and noble hands, not market stalls.
Davenport's attribution confirms the type, but survivors in any condition are infrequently encountered at auction.