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4 Thalers - Ferdinand Albert I
| Issuer | Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1670 |
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| Value | 4 Thalers |
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| Reverse lettering | LEOPOLD. CAROL. DUX BRU NOVICENSIUM et LUNAE BURGENSIUM Nat. BEVERAE ad Visurgin. d 30 Jan Sol Septuag. b 3 matt. 1670 PATRE FERDINANDO AL BERTO DUCE BRUNOVICENSI UM et LUNAEBURGENSIUM MATRE CHRISTINA D.B.et L. nata PRINCIPISSA HASSIAE Renato d 15 Feb. Denato IBIDEM d 3 Mart. 57 VSP. AETATIS III. I. |
| Edge | Reeded |
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Ferdinand Albert I received the newly created sub-duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern in 1667, carved out of the broader Wolfenbüttel holdings to provide for a cadet branch of the House of Welf. The 4 Thaler denomination — a massive multiple striking well above everyday commerce — was almost certainly produced as a presentation or gift piece rather than for circulation, a common practice among German princes asserting dynastic legitimacy through ostentatious silver.
Welter 1879 is among the scarcer multiples of this short-lived subsidiary court.