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3 Thalers - John Frederick Death
| Issuer | Brunswick-Lüneburg-Calenberg |
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| Year | 1679 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse lettering | IOHANNES FRIDERICUS D G DUX BRUNSU & LUN 3 |
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| Edge | Plain |
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John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Calenberg, died in December 1679 after a reign marked by aggressive territorial ambition and a late-life conversion to Catholicism that alarmed his Protestant subjects and complicated his political alliances considerably. These large multiple-thaler memorial pieces were struck expressly for distribution among the court and nobility rather than for any monetary function — at 83.7 grams of silver they were never intended for a pocket or a purse.
Welter 1686 and Dav BrSL 221 document this type as a genuine rarity in high grades, attributable in part to the ceremonial handling most examples received from the outset.