3 Thalers - Francis Death

正面描述	Draped bust of Duke Francis I of Pomerania in right-facing profile, rendered in high relief in the early Baroque manner. The duke is depicted with flowing hair and a short beard, wearing elaborately ornamented armor with a ruffled collar and a sash tied at the chest. A beaded inner circle frames the portrait, with the Latin ducal title legend running continuously around the periphery between two denticulated borders.
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正面铭文	D G FRANCISCVS I DVX SEDINI POMERAN CASSVB ET VAN
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附加信息	Francis, Duke of Pomerania-Stettin, died in November 1620, and this multiple thaler was struck as a memorial issue — a practice well-established among German princes of the period as both dynastic commemoration and political statement. His death carried unusual dynastic weight: Francis was the last male of the Pomeranian Griffins, and his passing extinguished a ruling house that had governed the region since the 12th century. The succession immediately became a flashpoint between Brandenburg and Sweden, eventually folding into the wider catastrophe of the Thirty Years' War already consuming the Empire. Three-thaler pieces of this type were presentation-grade from the outset, struck in limited numbers for distribution among nobility rather than circulation.

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