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1/3 Thaler - John Frederick
| Issuer | Brunswick-Lüneburg-Calenberg |
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| Year | 1676 |
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| Value | ⅓ Thaler |
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| Obverse description | Left-facing draped bust of Duke Johann Friedrich of Brunswick-Lüneburg, wearing a voluminous curled periwig and a cravat with flowing ribbons, rendered in high relief with fine baroque detail. The effigy occupies the majority of the field, with the flowing locks of the wig extending to the lower portion of the coin. A Latin legend reading IOAN·FRID·D·G·D·B·E·L· runs around the periphery, separated from the rim by a beaded inner border. The milled edge is clearly defined. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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John Frederick of Brunswick-Calenberg was a Catholic convert ruling a Protestant territory, a friction that defined much of his reign from 1665 until his death in 1679. His court at Hanover became unexpectedly sophisticated — Leibniz served as his librarian and court adviser beginning in 1676, the same year this piece was struck. The fractional thaler denominations issued under John Frederick reflect the duchy's active participation in Lower Saxon Circle coinage agreements, which attempted to standardize silver currency across the fragmented north German states following the monetary chaos of the Thirty Years' War.