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28 Stüber - Anthony Günther
| Issuer | Lordship of Jever |
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| Year | 1649-1651 |
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| Currency | Thaler |
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| Obverse description | Central field occupied by the quartered heraldic shield of Anthony Günther, Count of Oldenburg and Delmenhorst, Lord of Jever and Kniphausen, surmounted by an elaborate mantle crown with ornamental mantling to either side. The quarterly arms display the barry field of Oldenburg, the cross of Delmenhorst, the rampant lion of Jever, and additional heraldic charges. The shield is set within a beaded inner circle. The surrounding legend, interrupted at the base by the denomination numeral 28, reads continuously around the periphery. |
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| Mintage | ND (1649-1651) |
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Anthony Günther of Oldenburg ruled Jever as a personal lordship, and by 1649 was in his eighties — the last of his line. The 28 Stüber denomination was peculiar to the northwest German coastal region, where trade with the Dutch made fractional reckoning in Stüber commercially practical. This issue falls in the final years before his death in 1667, after which Jever passed to the house of Anhalt-Zerbst through inheritance rather than sale or conquest.
The .560 fineness sits notably below the Reichstaler standard, reflecting the debasement pressures that persisted across the lower Rhine and Frisian territories well after the Peace of Westphalia.