Item number: A1148

Year: AD 1750

Material: Gold

Size: 16.2 x 16.1 x 0.3 mm

Weight: 1.7 g

Manufactured by: Clausthal

Provenance: Künker 2024

This is a 1/2 Gulden gold coin issued by the Electorate of Hanover, with a nominal value equivalent to 1 Thaler. The obverse features the denomination marked in German, reflecting the use of multiple currency units in the German states at the time. The letter “S” below denotes the mint mark of the official responsible for coinage in Clausthal. The outer inscription “BR ET LUN DUX S R I A T ET EL 1750” is an abbreviation for “Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Elector of the Holy Roman Empire, 1750.” On the reverse, the central figure is a portrait of the monarch, with the outer inscription “GEORG II D G M B F ET H REX F D,” abbreviated from “George II, by the grace of God, King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith.”

The rulers of the Electorate of Hanover trace their lineage back to the House of Welf. Subsequent branches of the Brunswick-Lüneburg line retained the title of Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. In AD 1692, Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I, in recognition of the Hanoverian family’s contributions during the War of the Grand Alliance, elevated their duchy to the status of an Electorate. This elevation was officially recognised by the Imperial Diet in AD 1708.

The Hanoverian family’s ascension to the English throne is closely tied to the Church of England. Under the Act of Settlement of 1701, Catholics and their descendants were excluded from the line of succession to the English throne. As a result, George I became King of England, through his maternal lineage. Due to the royal family’s German heritage, the union of England and Hanover in foreign affairs led to England’s involvement in continental European conflicts, as the two states were diplomatically aligned.

物件編號: A1148

年代: 公元 1750 年

材質: 黃金

尺寸: 16.2 x 16.1 x 0.3 mm

重量: 1.7 g

製造地: 克勞斯塔爾

來源: 昆克 2024

這是一枚由漢諾威選侯國發行的1/2古爾登金幣，面額等同1塔勒。正面中央以德語標示其面額，顯示當時德意志地區多種貨幣單位的使用，下方的字母S為克勞斯塔爾鑄幣負責人的戳記。外圈的銘文「BR ET LUN DUX S R I A T ET EL 1750」為「布倫瑞克-呂訥堡公爵，神聖羅馬帝國選帝侯，1750」的縮寫。反面中央為君主頭像，外圈銘文「GEORG II D G M B F ET H REX F D」為「喬治二世，蒙上帝鴻福，大不列顛，法蘭西，愛爾蘭國王，信仰守護者」的縮寫。

漢諾威選侯國的統治者可追溯至韋爾夫家族，之後的布倫瑞克-呂納堡分支的各家族皆保留布倫瑞克-呂訥堡公爵的頭銜。公元1692年，神聖羅馬帝國皇帝利奧波德一世獎勵漢諾威家族在大同盟戰爭中的貢獻，將其統治的公國提升為選帝侯資格，帝國議會於公元1708年認可其地位。

漢諾威家族入主英格蘭王位與英格蘭國教會有關，依據《1701年和解法令》天主教徒及其後代喪失英格蘭王位的繼承權，因此喬治一世是由其母系血脈而成為英格蘭國王。也因為王室的德意志身份，英格蘭與漢諾威在外交事務上的聯合是使其介入歐洲大陸的戰爭。