·         Year: 1661

·         Weight: 22.89g

·         Size: 46mm

·       Obverse Description: Half-length armoured frontal bust of Luther, in monks robes within circular legend; date 1661 at bottom of bust and Cloverlea mint symbol of Eisleben at top of legend. 

·       Obverse Legend: Mart : Luther : der : H Schrifft D:Weiland Pred : u: Prof: Z: Wittenb 

·       Translation: (Martin : Luther : the : Doctor of Holy Scriptures : Once Preacher : and Professor University of Wittenberg)

·       Reverse Legend: Mart : Luther : der : H Schrifft D:Weiland Pred : u: Prof: Z: Wittenb.

·      Translation: (God's word and Luther's teachings will never be lost or forgotten in Eisleben.) 

·       Reverse Description:  Pleasing city-view epicting three birds flying over the city of Eisleben- below-the four-field coat of arms of Mansfeld.

·     Catalog reference:  Coll. Whiting 137, Tornau 1472 I a, Brozatus 827.

·     Ruler: Christof II Hoyer

1661 High Grade Silver  Show Taler  stuck for the centenary of the Naumburg Convention

 Mansfeld

Mansfeld, sometimes unofficially Mansfeld-Lutherstadt, is a town in the district of Mansfeld-Südharz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Protestant reformer Martin Luther grew up in Mansfeld, and in 1993 the town became one of sixteen places in Germany to be designated a Lutherstadt for this reason.

Martin Luther, (November 10, 1483 in Eisleben, Germany - February 18, 1546 in Eisleben) was a German monk, reformer and theologian. He became a priest in the order of the Augustinian hermits, who gave him a thorough Catholic education, which led him to become a professor at the University of Wittenberg. 

In his 30s, he developed his own theological views on the authority of the church, the sacraments and on man and its relationship with God. He distanced himself from the church indulgence. It gave rise to the Reformation and the Evangelical Lutheran churches. The Reformation began on October 31, 1517, with his theses against indulgences. It was not really a landmark theological breach, but a few years later they led to an irrevocable breach.

In 1521, Luther became outlawed and sought refuge with the benevolent and powerful prince of the castle of Wartburg. Problems with the razor of churches caused him to return to Wittenberg. His movement suffered setbacks in the context of the German peasant war and knew that it was divided by conflicting theological views, especially in the view of the Holy Spirit and the sacraments.

Luther's translation of the Bible became of great importance to the German language. His hymnal song with Our God he is so firmly a castle inspired a flowering of Christian congregation singing, where now no longer should be sung in Latin but in the native language. His marriage to former nun Katharina von Bora gave the priesthood legitimacy within several Christian traditions. Luther's reformation disrupted ecclesiastical unity in Western Europe and Northern Europe, and also had major and lasting political and cultural changes.

Taler

German silver DOLLAR. Name derived from the Joachims thaler GULDENGROSCHEN first coined by the counts of Schlick at Joachimsthal, Bohemia, in 1519. The THALER (GULDENGROSCHEN), first coined at Hall, Tyrol, in 1484, with a gross weight of 31.94 grams 0.939 fine, shrank so that by 1873 when it was discontinued it weighed but 18.4 grams 0.906 fine.

Typical Mint in 1600s

Mill wheel

The outside of the mill. Big wooden wheel under the waterfall. It turns by means of water running.

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