4 Thalers - George William

George William of Calenberg died in 1665, and the 1661 date places this issue squarely within the administrative consolidation following the Peace of Westphalia — a period when the Welf dukes were aggressively minting large multiples to project fiscal credibility and fund ongoing court expenditures at Hanover. The 4-Thaler denomination is a multiple struck in limited numbers, almost certainly for presentation or gift purposes rather than hand-to-hand commerce.

Welter 1566 and Dav. LS196 alignment confirms this as one of the recognized Brunswick multiple-Thaler klippe or round presentation types catalogued within that reign. Survivors at this weight are few.