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1726, Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg-Hannover, George I. Silver Thaler Coin. AU- He was both Duke of Hanover and King of England!

Mint Year: 1726 Mint Place: Zellerfeld Denomination:  Thaler Reference: Davenport 2077, KM-134. Mint Official: Ernst Peter Hecht (E.P.H.) Condition: Small tooling mark where a spot was removed in right field, light mint-made planchet imperfections, otherwise a nice AU! Weight: 29.02gm Diameter: 46mm Material: Silver

Obverse: Standing half-naked giant wildman (Woodwoose), holding giant tree in right hand. Tiny trees on ground. Legend: BRUN & LUN . DUX . S . R . I . AR . THES . & EL . 1726 Exergue: E.P.H.   Reverse: Crowned cruciform shields with coat-of-arms of Great Britain, France, Ireland and Brunswick-Lüneburg-Calenberg-Hannover (the four kingdoms George I had claims to). Legend: GEORGIUS - D.G.MAG.BR. - FR . BT . HIB - REX . FID . D .

The wild man (also wildman, or "wildman of the woods") is a mythical figure that appears in the artwork and literature of medieval Europe, comparable to the satyr or faun type in classical mythology and to Silvanus, the Roman god of the woodlands. The defining characteristic of the figure is its "wildness"; from the   12th century they were consistently depicted as being covered with   hair. Images of wild men appear in the carved and painted roof bosses where intersecting ogee vaults meet in the Canterbury Cathedral, in positions where one is also likely to encounter the vegetal Green Man. The image of the wild man survived to appear as supporter for heraldic coats-of-arms, especially in Germany, well into the 16th century. Renaissance engravers in Germany and Italy were particularly fond of wild men, wild women, and wild families, with examples from Martin Schongauer (died 1491) and Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528) among others.

George I (George Louis; German: Georg Ludwig; 28 May 1660 – 11 June 1727) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1 August 1714 until his death, and ruler of the Duchy and Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Hanover) in the Holy Roman Empire from 1698.

George was born in Hanover, in what is now Germany, and inherited the titles and lands of the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg from his father and uncles. A succession of European wars expanded his German domains during his lifetime, and in 1708 he was ratified as prince-elector of Hanover. At the age of 54, after the death of Queen Anne of Great Britain, George ascended the British throne as the first monarch of the House of Hanover. Although over fifty Roman Catholics bore closer blood relationships to Anne, the Act of Settlement 1701 prohibited Catholics from inheriting the British throne. George, however, was Anne's closest living Protestant relative. In reaction, Jacobites attempted to depose George and replace him with Anne's Catholic half-brother, James Francis Edward Stuart, but their attempts failed.

During George's reign, the powers of the monarchy diminished and Britain began a transition to the modern system of cabinet government led by a prime minister. Towards the end of his reign, actual power was held by Sir Robert Walpole, Britain's first de facto prime minister. George died on a trip to his native Hanover, where he was buried.