Rebel thaler

The rebels Taler is under the Münzherr economy of Duke Heinrich Julius (Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel) 1594 embossed in large numbers ridicule coin . At that time the duke was in disputes with his landed gentry . Heinrich Julius mocked his opponents with the rebel thaler and four other similar coins.

The front of the rebel thaler bears the typical wild man of Brunswick coins. A dog “licks the sting” of an arrow that the Wild Man is holding in one hand. The fall of the Rotte Korach is depicted on the back, surrounded by a heraldic wreath . The coin was different stamps marked so that there are different versions of the rebels thaler.

The rebel thaler is an emblematic coin that should symbolize sovereign power and virtue. The symbolism and the satirical content of the coinage received a lot of attention at the time.

The additional time incurred dollars are lying Taler , truth Taler , wasps Taler and Pelican dollars .

source

• Tyll Kroha : Rebel thaler. In: Tyll Kroha: Lexicon of Numismatics. Bertelsmann, Gütersloh 1977, ISBN 3-570-01588-2 , p. 357.