GERMAN STATES, BRUNSWICK-CALENBERG-HANNOVER 5 Taler 1638, Zellerfeld. 144.88 g. Lösertype. Mintmaster Henning Schlüter. Equestrian mining-yield issue of Duke Georg, struck from Harz silver. Obv.: Duke Georg in full armor with a mantle and holding a command baton, riding a horse leaping to the left. The background features a detailed hillside mining landscape with active pits, set within decorative ornaments and an inscription border that translates to: Georg, by the grace of God, Duke of Brunswick and Lueneburg. Rev.: A five-helmeted, twelve-fielded coat of arms flanked by two wild men holding tree trunks as shield-bearers. At the bottom, the die engraver signature I - H is positioned, representing Isaac Henningk. The surrounding legend contains the ducal motto, translating to: Trust in God, who makes everything right, in the year 1638. Of great rarity. Delicate toning, trace of a former mounting and minor double strike. Dav. 141, Ex. H. Möller 69, 08.06.2017, lot 242, ticket enclosed Grade: VF