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5 Thalers - Frederick Ulrich Löser
| Uitgever | Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Principality of |
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| Jaar | 1620 |
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| Waarde | 5 Thalers |
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| Schrift voorzijde | Latin |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | The crowned and helmeted arms of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel displayed centrally, supported on either side by wild men (Wildmänner) holding uprooted trees, a heraldic device characteristic of the duchy. The shield bears the quartered dynastic arms in high relief. The encircling Latin legend, commemorating God and the fatherland, terminates with the date expressed in Roman numerals (MDCXX) at the end of the inscription, all within a beaded border. |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
Frederick Ulrich's reign over Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel was, by most measures, a disaster — marked by administrative incompetence, constant conflict with the territorial estates, and the catastrophic intrusion of the Thirty Years' War into Lower Saxony. This 5-thaler Löser was struck in 1620, the same year the war's first phase was reshaping alliances across the Empire. Lösers of this denomination were never intended as circulating currency; they functioned as prestige gifts, diplomatic tokens, and display pieces for the ducal court.
The Brunswick mint's output of large-format silver multiples during this period drew on the Rammelsberg and Harz mountain silver supply, still productive in the early seventeenth century before wartime disruption choked regional mining.