Bell coins

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Glockentaler is the name of seven different types of thalers that August II of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel had minted in 1643. During the Thirty Years War , imperial troops occupied Wolfenbüttel . In the hope of a liberation of the city - which actually took place at the end of 1643 - the Glockentaler were minted in the Zellerfeld mint .

The bell talers show Herzog August (hip picture) on the front. The bell shown is missing a clapper on the back of the first three talers . Only one clapper can be seen on the back of the fourth taler. Two thalers with full bells followed. The bell is rung on the seventh thaler. The dominant marginal writing on the back is usually "ALL WITH BEDACHT".

source

  • Article “Glockentaler” in Friedrich von Schrötter, N. Bauer, K. Regling, A. Suhle, R. Vasmer, J. Wilcke: Dictionary der Münzkunde , Berlin 1970 (reprint of the original edition from 1930), p. 226.