Definition

• also called Gottesfreund Thaler. A silver coin issued by Christian of Brunswick, Bishop of Halberstadt, in 1622, with the inscription GOTTES/FREVNDT/DER PFAFFEN/FEINDT, and on the reverse the figure of an arm emerging from the clounds and holding a sword. These coins were struck at Lippstadt from silver taken from the shrine of St. Liborius in the cathedral at Paderborn.

Quelle

• Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)

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