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⅙ Thaler - George III
| Issuer | Brunswick-Lüneburg-Calenberg-Hannover |
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| Year | 1790-1791 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Crowned coat of arms of the Hanoverian royal house displayed prominently in the center of the field. A small oval cartouche at the bottom of the arms bears the fractional denomination '1/6 F·SILB·', indicating one-sixth fine silver. The date is divided and placed to either side of the arms within the field. The peripheral legend reads 'GEORG·III·D·G·M·BRIT·FR·&·HIB·REX·F·D', identifying George III as King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith. |
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| Obverse lettering | GEORG·III·D·G·M·BRIT·FR·&·HIB·REX·F·D 1791 N·D·R·F 1/6 F·SILB· (Translation: Georgius III Dei Gratia Magnae Britanniae Franciae et Hiberniae Rex Fidei Defensor) |
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Brunswick-Lüneburg-Calenberg-Hannover was a peculiar constitutional arrangement by the late eighteenth century — George III ruled it not as King of Great Britain but as Elector, answerable to the Holy Roman Empire's structures rather than Parliament. The coinage accordingly operated under a separate monetary authority, with denominations calibrated to the North German Thaler system entirely independent of sterling.
The two-year run of this type, 1790–1791, coincides with the final years before the French Revolutionary Wars began destabilizing the region's monetary order. Hanoverian silver issues from this window circulated into a territory that would, within a decade, fall under French occupation.