Schautaler for the laying of the foundation stone of the chapel in Moritzburg Castle near Dresden

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Wide double show coin for the laying of the foundation stone of the chapel in Moritzburg Castle near Dresden from 1661 from the Dresden mint (silver; diameter 60 mm; 57.84 g)

The Schautaler the groundbreaking ceremony of the chapel in the castle Moritzburg near Dresden , as Schautaler Wide Moritzburg Castle (1661) referred, is a term coined in two-, three- and four-fold Reichstaler weight Reichstaler the Saxon Elector Johann Georg II. (1656-1680) from the Year 1661 with an obelisk between the Bible and crossed swords and 12 lines of writing on the back.

Coin-historical connections

Moritzburg Castle. Left i. B. the castle chapel. The “Princely Jagthaus”, built in the style of the early Renaissance , was redesigned as a baroque building under Augustus the Strong . (Photo from 2005)

The foundation stone for the chapel in Moritzburg Castle was laid on November 1, 1661, the birthday of Johann Georg II's wife, Magdalena Sibylle .

Johann Georg II had a chapel built on the west side of the castle, personally laid the foundation stone and locked three Schautaler in it.

The polymath Wilhelm Ernst Tentzel explains in his Saxonia Numismatica of the Albertine line that the Elector Johann Georg often stayed at the pleasant Moritzburg, a “hunting house” between Dresden and Hayn , built and named by Duke Moritz between 1542 and 1546 ”In order to“ divert oneself ”(amused). The elector therefore, according to Tentzel,

"Build a beautiful chapel in this place, for which he laid the first stone himself on November 1st [...] in 1661 and sealed three pieces of the first medal in it."

The elector entrusted the construction of the chapel on the site of the previous prayer room on the west side of the palace to his master builder Wolf Caspar von Klengel .

The “first stone” laid by the elector himself means the lockable foundation stone . The fact that Tentzel wrongly called the coin a medal was probably due to the unusual design of the coin. Despite the special design, which is more common in medals, the coins are Reichstaler . The little orb on the back above the text above confirmed the expression in Reichsmünzfuß and the possible use as a coin .

The first three pieces coined for the laying of the foundation stone are the show thalers for the laying of the foundation stone of the chapel in Moritzburg Castle. The fact that Johann Georg locked three first show thalers in the foundation stone can be explained by the fact that four-fold, triple and two-fold thalers were minted when the foundation stone was laid .

The small chapel was built between 1661 (the laying of the foundation stone) and 1672 according to the plans of the Dresden architect Wolf Caspar von Klengel. After Klengel died, Ezekiel Eckardt directed the work. However, it was impossible to accommodate the chapel within the existing castle walls. The western front of the enclosing wall had to be demolished to connect with the castle. A medal was struck on the construction of the chapel in 1672, the reverse of which is very similar to the thaler used to lay the foundation stone of the castle chapel and was distributed to the attendees of the inauguration ceremony.

Coin description

The silver Schautaler Johann Georg II of Saxony pictured above is a wide double Reichstaler from the Dresden Mint . The small imperial orb at the top of the back is confirmation that the commemorative coin is a Reichstaler. The acorn on the stick under the writing on the back is the mintmaster's mark of the mintmaster Constantin Rothe, who worked in Dresden from 1640 to 1678 . There is no artist signature. The coin engraver at the Dresden Mint at this time was Johann Caspar Höckner.

front

Obelisk with motto, shield and monogram "IG2" under the helmet

The front shows an obelisk with the monogram "IG2" Johann Georgs II. Behind it a sword and a palm branch are fastened crosswise and covered with a closed helmet with a crest . At the top of the top is an eye looking up at the radiant YHWH . At the bottom of the pedestal is another eye that looks down at the earth. This includes the explanation of the motto : SURSUM (= above) DEORSUM (= below) - “Up and down.” To the left of the obelisk is a Bible open under the heavenly crown . The brazen serpent and the crucifix symbolize the Old and New Testament . On the right side are the crossed swords under the electoral hat , surrounded by a laurel wreath .

  • Legend: PRO - FIDE - ET - PATRIA
    • Translation: For Faith and Fatherland.

According to Tentzel, the inscription shows that the elector “is vigilant and careful for the faith and the fatherland”, which he also expressed on his vicariate coins and medals.

"SURSUM OCULUS COELUM SPECTAT TERRAMQUE DEORSUM. NEMPE DEO ET PATRIA CURA SUPREMA MANET - One eye looks up to the sky / One down on earth / So for God and Fatherland / I will stay lively at all times. "

That explains the motto SURSUM (= above) DEORSUM (= below) - "Up and down."

back

The reverse shows an inscription consisting of 12 lines, above a small imperial orb, below the mint master's mark acorn on a stick:

  • NUMM (us) IN / AUGUR (alis) IN MEMOR (iam) / TEMPLI AD ARCEM / MORITZBURG INSTI / TUTO SERENISS (imi) D (omini) D (omini) / IOHANNIS GEORGII II.ELECT (toris) SAX (onia) EXTRUCTI / CUSUS ET IPSA ELECTO = / RIS MANU LAPIDI AN = / GULARI IMPOSIT (us) [9 stands for us] / D. 1. NOVEMB (ris). A (nno) / M. DC. LXI.

Translation according to Tentzel:

  • Inauguration coin in memory of the church built in Moritzburg Castle on the order of the most illustrious Elector of Saxony, Mr. Johann Georg II, minted and laid in the foundation stone by the elector's own hand , on November 1st, 1661.

See also

literature

  • Wilhelm Ernst Tentzel : Saxonia Numismatica or medal cabinet of commemorative coins and pennies which the Chur and princes of the Albertine line minted and had manufactured , Dresden, Frankfurt, Gotha 1714. 2nd book, 3rd part (Reprint Transpress Verlag, Berlin 1981 ). Pp. 542/545
  • Wilhelm Ernst Tentzel: Saxonia Numismatica or medal cabinet of commemorative coins and pennies which the Chur and princes of the Albertine line minted and had manufactured , Dresden, Frankfurt, Gotha 1714. 3rd book (Reprint Transpress Verlag, Berlin 1981), Tab. 55. P. 543, I. p. 543.
  • Julius Erbstein , Albert Erbstein : Discussions in the field of the Saxon coin and medal history with the listing of the Hofrath Engelhardt'schen collection , Dresden 1888. P. 224
  • Walther Haupt : Sächsische Münzkunde , Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaft, Berlin 1974 p. 239: Schautaler Schloss Moritzburg, 1661
  • David Samuel Madai : Complete Thaler Cabinet , (Königsberg 1765/67) with supplements (1768/74) Zweyter Theil , 1766 digitizedhttp: //vorlage_digitalisat.test/1%3D~GB%3D~IA%3D~MDZ%3D%0A10742137~SZ%3D9~ double-sided%3D~LT%3D~PUR%3D p. 205/206; No. 2988
  • Otto F. Müller: Otto Merseburger Collection including coins and medals from Saxony, sales catalog , Leipzig 1894, p. 113, No. 2651: Double thaler on the laying of the foundation stone of the Moritzburg Castle Chapel (inauguration 1672)
  • Brockhaus travel guide Dresden, Sächsische Schweiz, Osterzgebirge, Leipzig 1965, p. 428
  • Lothar Kempe: Palaces and gardens around Dresden , Leipzig 1986, pp. 20/21
  • Emil Widemann: Moritzburg Hunting Lodge . Verlag Kaemmerer, Dresden 1879 ( digitized version )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Julius Erbstein, Albert Erbstein: Discussions in the field of the Saxon coin and medal history with listing of the Hofrath Engelhardt'schen collection (1888) p. 224: Naming.
  2. ↑ Walther Haupt: Sächsische Münzkunde (1974) p. 239: Schautaler Schloss Moritzburg, 1661.
  3. ↑ Julius Erbstein, Albert Erbstein: Discussions in the field of Saxon coin and medal history with the listing of Hofrath Engelhardt's collection (1888) p. 224.
  4. ^ Brockhaus travel guide Dresden, Sächsische Schweiz, Osterzgebirge, Leipzig 1965, p. 428
  5. ^ Wilhelm Ernst Tentzel: Saxonia Numismatica of the Albertinian Line (1714) 2nd book, 3rd part, p. 543.
  6. ^ Emil Widemann: Jagdschloss Moritzburg (1879), p. 6.
  7. ↑ Walther Haupt: Sächsische Münzkunde (1974) p. 239: Mehrfachaler
  8. ^ Lothar Kempe: Palaces and gardens around Dresden (1986), pp. 20/21
  9. ^ Wilhelm Ernst Tentzel: Saxonia Numismatica of the Albertinian Line (1714) 3rd book Tab. 58, I. p. 572.
  10. ^ Emil Widemann: Jagdschloss Moritzburg (1879), p. 5/6: Was distributed to the festival participants.
  11. ↑ Walther Haupt: Sächsische Münzkunde (1974) p. 200: Constantin Rothe.
  12. ↑ Julius Erbstein, Albert Erbstein: Discussions in the field of the Saxon coin and medal history with the listing of the Hofrath Engelhardt'schen collection (1888) p. 213.
  13. ↑ Julius Erbstein, Albert Erbstein: Discussions in the field of the Saxon coin and medal history with the listing of the Hofrath Engelhardt'schen collection (1888) p. 224: coin description.
  14. ^ Wilhelm Ernst Tentzel: Saxonia Numismatica of the Albertine Line (1714) 2nd book, 3rd part, pp. 543/544.
  15. ^ Wilhelm Ernst Tentzel: Saxonia Numismatica of the Albertine Line (1714) 2nd book, 3rd part, p. 544.
  16. ^ Wilhelm Ernst Tentzel: Saxonia Numismatica of the Albertinian Line (1714) 2nd book, 3rd part, pp. 538/539
  17. ^ Wilhelm Ernst Tentzel: Saxonia Numismatica of the Albertinian Line (1714) 2nd book, 3rd part, pp. 542/545

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