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.
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.