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5 Thalers - August Löser, Death of August
| Issuer | Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Principality of |
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| Year | 1666 |
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| Value | 5 Thalers |
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| Reverse lettering | QUAE LAETA ERON DE VIREBAM RIGUI SIC TRANSIT GLORIA OMNIA NON NISI PROVIDO ET VEGETO CONSILIO |
| Edge | Plain |
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August the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, died in 1666 at the age of 88 — extraordinary longevity for the seventeenth century — having assembled one of the largest private libraries in Europe, which would eventually form the core of the Herzog August Bibliothek in Wolfenbüttel. This Löser was struck as a memorial issue, a tradition in the Brunswick mints of producing massive multiple-thaler pieces for dynastic occasions rather than commerce. At nearly 143 grams, these were presentation objects from inception, almost never reaching ordinary hands.