Lot 585
German States -- Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Sixth Bell Taler, 1643. Dav-6374B; Welter-815; Kni-631; KM-428. August The Younger. Half figure bust left. Reverse: Sixth bell. Attractively toned, rare in this grade. NGC graded AU-55.
During the Thirty Years War (1618-1648), one Protestant prince, Christian of Brunswick, was an aggressive advocate and military leader. Early in the conflict, he issued interesting thalers at Paderborn, struck supposedly from the abbey's melted plate, with the legend GOTTES FREUNDT DER PFAFFEN FEINDT -- "God's friend, the priest's foe." Twenty years later, the Bell Thalers (glockenthaler) of his kinsman, August the Younger, seem to echo a different, more rueful and war-weary sentiment -- and were a series of seven differing issues struck to celebrate the departure of the Hapsburg imperial armies from his domains in 1643. On this one, the fifth, appears the legend ALLES MIT BEDACHT -- "Everything with thought."
Estimated Value $700 - 800.
Ex Irving Goodman Collection.
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