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⅔ Thaler - George III
| Issuer | Brunswick-Lüneburg-Calenberg-Hannover |
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| Year | 1801-1805 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The large and boldly struck fractional numeral 2/3 dominates the central field, denoting the denomination of two-thirds Thaler. A continuous circular Latin legend surrounds the central device, citing the issuer's titles and specifying the coin's fineness and monetary standard. A small six-petalled rosette ornament appears at the top of the legend as a separator. The plain flat field gives prominence to the denomination numeral, in keeping with the utilitarian style of contemporary German Thaler coinage. |
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Brunswick-Lüneburg's 2/3 Thaler denomination was a north German convention piece, struck to the Reichstaler-⅔ standard that dominated regional commerce for well over a century. By 1801, George III held the Hanoverian electorate in personal union with the British crown — a constitutional oddity that left Hanover effectively ungoverned from London, administered instead by a Regency Council in Calenberg. Napoleon dissolved that arrangement by force in 1803 when French troops occupied Hanover, suspending the electorate's independent coinage. Pieces struck in the final two years of this series, 1804–1805, were produced under occupation-era disruption.