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⅔ Thaler - Max Gandolf von Kuenburg City of Brunswick, Countermarked

Issuer Archbishopric of Salzburg
Year 1681
Type Standard circulation coin
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Obverse description City arms of Brunswick depicted as a rampant lion to left, set upon a wall flanked by two towers connected by an arch above the lion. The circular legend in Latin commences at lower left. In the exergue, the fractional value (2/3) divides the date, here reading 16 75, indicating the original Brunswick coinage of 1675.
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Reverse description Large armored and draped bust of Duke Rudolf August of Brunswick-Lüneburg facing right, filling much of the field. The surrounding Latin legend identifies the ruler. The Salzburg countermark, consisting of the date 16S81, was applied during the 1681 revaluation and countermarking program authorized by Archbishop Max Gandolf von Kuenburg, serving as authentication and authorization for continued circulation within Salzburg territories.
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