The Rare Jever Thaler That Linked Russia to the North Sea In 1798, a small North Sea lordship issued one of the strangest coins of the German States. The Jever thaler looked German. It carried a German denomination. It named a German princess. Yet its obverse displayed a crowned double-headed eagle tied to the Russian imperial story. That tension gives the coin its power. The Jever thaler does not simply represent a rare silver issue. It records…
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