(sold for $212.0)

1713, Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg-Hannover, George I. Silver "Mining" Thaler Coin. He was both Duke of Hanover and King of England. Rare!

Mint Year: 1713 Mint Place: Clausthal Reference: Davenport 2063A, KM-78.1. RR! Mint Master: Heinrich Christian Bonhorst (HCB) Denomination:  Thaler - St. Andreas Silver Mining issue! Condition: Obverse struck with a broken die (at 6 o'clock), scattered contact-marks (light scratches) otherwise about XF!  Weight: 29.10gm Diameter: 41mm Material: Silver

Obverse: Togate and nimbate Saint Andrew carrying X-shaped cross. Legend: SANCTVS * ANDREAS * REVIVISCENS Reverse: Ducal cap on composite coat-of-arms of Brunswick-Luneburg-Calenberg-Hanover with a central imperial crown inside cartuche. Mint master´s initials (HC-B) split at sides. Legend: * GEORG : LUD : D . G . D . BR . & . L . S . R . I . ARCHITHES : & . EL . 1713 .

Saint Andrew ( Andreas; early 1st century—mid to late 1st century AD), called in the Orthodox tradition Protokletos, or the First-called, is a Christian Apostle and the brother of Saint Peter. The name "Andrew" (Greek: manly, brave, from ??d?e?a, Andreia, "manhood, valour"), like other Greek names, appears to have been common among the Jews from the 3rd or 2nd century BC. No Hebrew or Aramaic name is recorded for him. He is considered the founder and first bishop of the Church of Byzantium and is consequently the patron saint of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.

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.