6 Thalers - George William

Features

Issuer Brunswick-Lüneburg-Calenberg (German States)
Prince George William (Georg Wilhelm) (1648-1665)
Type Standard circulation coin
Year 1660
Value 6 Thalers
Currency Thaler
Composition Silver
Weight 172.5 g
Diameter 85 mm
Shape Round
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
275715
References KM# 72,
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States.
And 5 more volumes.
Welter# 1563,
Gerhard Welter; 1978. Die Münzen der Welfen seit Heinrich dem Löwen. Klinkhardt und Biermann, Brunswick, Germany.
Dav Lg# 193
John S. Davenport; 1991. Large Size Silver Coins of the World : 16th-19th Centuries (3rd edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, USA.

Obverse

Bust 3/4 left in circle of 14 small shields

Script: Latin

Lettering:
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
6

Mint

Zellerfeld, modern-day Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany

Comments

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