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5 Thalers - George William

Features

Issuer Brunswick-Lüneburg-Calenberg (German States)
Prince George William (Georg Wilhelm) (1648-1665)
Type Standard circulation coins
Year 1660
Value 5 Thalers
Currency Thaler
Composition Silver
Weight 143.5 g
Diameter 82 mm
Shape Round
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
292330
References KM# 71
Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).
, Dav BrSL# 194
John Stewart Davenport; 1956. Oversize Multiple Talers of the Brunswick Duchies and Saxe-Lauenburg (1st Edition). Self-published, Galesburg, Illinois, United States.
, Welter# 1564
Gerhard Welter. Die Münzen der Welfen seit Heinrich dem Löwen. Klinkhardt & Biermann, Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany (3 volumes).

Obverse

Bust 3/4 left in circle of 14 small shields

Script: Latin

Lettering:
16 60
V G G GEORG WILHELM HERTZOG ZU BRAUNSCHWEIG U LUNE
H S

Reverse

Figures of Piety and Justice below tree, arm from heaven with wreath

Script: Latin

Lettering:
PIETATE ET JUSTITIA
5

Mark

HS Henning Schluter, Mint master, Goslar, Zellerfeld (1626-1672)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
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