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Obverse: Head of George V. left. Engraver´s initial (B) below.
Legend: GEORG V v. G. G. KOENIG v. HANNOVER / B
Reverse: Crowned quartered shield with heraldic arms of the House of Hannover within foliage.
Legend (above): BERGSEGEN DES HARZES - "(Mining-)Blessing of the Harz Mountains"
Legend: EIN VEREINSTHALER XIV EINE F.M. 1856
Edge legend: NEC * ASPERA * TERRENT * ("Neither do difficulties terrify!")
Mintage: 77,000 pcs.
References: Davenport 678, KM-220.
Denomination: Thaler ("Mining Thaler")
Diameter: 34 mm; Weight: 22.2 gram of Silver.
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George V King of Hanover (George Frederick Alexander Charles Ernest Augustus; 27 May 1819 – 12 June 1878) was the last king of Hanover and a member of the German branch of the House of Hanover. In the peerage of Great Britain, he was Duke of Cumberland.
George V was a first cousin of Queen Victoria, and inherited the Hanoverian realm, which could not pass to her in 1837, because of Salic law, via his father, who became its king instead. He was the last sovereign ruler of the Kingdom of Hanover, losing the territory by annexation to Prussia in 1866, during the Austro-Prussian War, thereby leading to the birth of the modern nation state of Germany.
His Royal Highness Prince George of Cumberland was born in Berlin, the only son of Prince Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, himself fifth son of George III, and his wife, Princess Frederica, Duchess of Cumberland.
Hanoverian thaler
The Thaler was the currency of the Electorate, later Kingdom of Hanover until 1857. Until 1834, it was equal to three quarters of a Conventionsthaler and was subdivided into 36 Mariengroschen, each of 8 Pfennig.
Between 1807 and 1813, the Westphalian Thaler (equal to the Hannovarian Thaler) and the Westphalian Frank circulated in Hannover.
In 1834, the Thaler was slightly reduced in silver content to make it equal to the Prussian Thaler. The Thaler was replaced at par in 1857 by the Hannovarian Vereinsthaler.
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