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⅙ Thaler - Charles I
| Issuer | Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Principality of |
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| Year | 1747-1759 |
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| Currency | Thaler (1499-1814) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears a bold five-line inscription in large Roman capital letters occupying the full field, stating the denomination as VI EINEN THALER, meaning one-sixth of a Thaler. Small six-petalled rosettes flank the numeral VI in the upper corners and also appear flanking the mintmaster's initials L·M on the fourth line. The date 1751 appears on the lowest line. The entire design is enclosed within a toothed border, and the overall layout is characteristic of the utilitarian Thaler fractions of the German states in the mid-eighteenth century. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Charles I of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel ruled for over half a century, but the years spanning this issue were dominated by the Seven Years' War, which drew Brunswick directly into conflict as Charles aligned the principality with Britain and Prussia. Brunswick troops served under Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel — Charles's own brother — during campaigns across Westphalia and Hanover. Coinage of this period was under constant pressure from wartime silver demands and subsidiary monetary arrangements with allied powers.
The Welter 2749 attribution places this firmly within a well-documented emission, though minor die variations across the twelve-year span are known.