Munster
One-and-a-half thaler. 1648
Munster
Silver. Weight 54.1 grammes, diameter 52.5 mm
The Hermitage Museum
 Obverse: A view of the town with numerous Gothic churches surrounded by ramparts and bastions. The coin was to commemorate the drawing up of the Westphalian peace-treaty of 1648 marking the end of the Thirty Years' War and signed in the Munster town hall. Reverse: Pictures of outstretched hands from among the clouds illuminated by the rays of the sun. Behind the hands are two horns of plenty and an olive branch; at the bottom is a heap of weapons
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