File:German States Brunswick-Lüneburg 1679 6 Thaler D-LS214.jpg

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Deutsch: Deutschland, Fürstentum Calenberg, Johann Friedrich als Fürst 1665–1679.

Ag 6 Sterbethaler 1679 ohne Mzz. (98mm, 153g),

Vorderseite: Gekröntes kursives Monogramm JF im Lorbeerkranz, ohne Umschr., Wertzahl (6) unten eingepunzt,

Rückseite: Totengerippe, einer Palme auf einer Insel im Meer die Wedel abbrechend, nummeriert 25-79 (entspr. Johann Friedrichs Lebenszeit 1625-1679), am Boden verstreut die kopfstehenden Buchstaben seines Mottos "EX DU R I S G L O R I A" (Ex Duris Gloria / Aus Bedrängnis wächst Ruhm),
Umschr. oben: CERTUM ITER FATA PARANT (Einen sicheren Weg bereitet das Schicksal),
im Abschnitt unten: DUM FRIDERICE / TUAE PROPERANTUR STAMINA VITAE / CERTUM GLORIAE ITER FATA / INOPINO PARANT (Während dein Lebensfaden dahineilt, Friedrich, bereitet das Schicksal unerwartet den sicheren Weg des Ruhms). Welter 1692.

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English: Germany, Principality of Calenberg, John Frederick as Prince 1665–1679.

Ag 6 Sterbethaler 1679 without mm. (98mm, 153g),

obverse: Crowned italicized monogram JF in laurel wreath, without circumscr., value figure (6) punched in below,

reverse: Death as a skeleton, breaking the fronds numbered 25-79 (corresponding to Johann Frederick's lifespan 1625-1679) off a palm tree on an island in the sea, the letters of his motto "EX DU R I S G L O R I A" (Ex Duris Gloria / Out of hardship there grows glory) scattered on the ground and upside down,
circumscr. above: CERTUM ITER FATA PARANT (Fate prepares a certain way),
in exergue: DUM FRIDERICE / TUAE PROPERANTUR STAMINA VITAE / CERTUM GLORIAE ITER FATA / INOPINO PARANT (While your thread of life is fleeting, Frederick, fate unexpectedly prepares the certain way of glory).

Welter 1692.
Date (coin), 2010 (image)
Source National Numismatic Collection, National Museum of American History
Author Principality of Calenberg, Holy Roman Empire
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