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1741, Harz (Lower Saxony). Beautiful Large Silver Baptismal Thaler Coin. XF-AU!

Mint Year: 1741 Mint Place: Zellerfeld Region: Harz (lower Saxony)  Reference: Davenport 2935. R! Denomination: Baptismal Thaler ("Tauftaler" in German) Mint Master: Johann Benjamin Hecht (IBH, 1739-1763)  Condition: Gold plated and lightly chased/tooled in fields, otherwise a ncie XF-AU! Weight: 29.22gm Diameter: 52mm Material: Silver

Obverse: Christ being anointed by John the baptist in the river Jordan, Biblical quotations in fields and arround. Sun containing hebrew letters (JHWH = tetragrammaton) shining from above.

Reverse: Biblical quotations in 10 lines and in margins below decorative element. Mint master´s initials (I.B.H.) below.

The tetragrammaton (/ˌtɛtrəˈɡræmətɒn/; from Greek Τετραγράμματον, meaning "[consisting of] four letters"), יהוה‬ in Hebrew and YHWH in Latin script, is the four-letter biblical name of the God of Israel. The books of the Torah and the rest of the Hebrew Bible (with the exception of Esther, and Song of Songs) contain this Hebrew name. Religiously observant Jews and those who follow conservative Jewish traditions do not pronounce יהוה‬, nor do they read aloud transliterated forms such as Yahweh; instead the word is substituted with a different term, whether used to address or to refer to the God of Israel. Common substitutions for Hebrew forms are hakadosh baruch hu ("The Holy One, Blessed Be He"), Adonai ("The Lord"),  or HaShem ("The Name").

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The Harz is the highest mountain range in northern Germany and its rugged terrain extends across parts of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. The name Harz derives from the Middle High German word Hardt or Hart (mountain forest).

The Harz was first mentioned as Hartingowe in an 814 deed by the Carolingian King Louis the Pious. Settlement within the mountains began only 1000 years ago, as in ancient times dense forests made the region almost inaccessible. The suffix -rode (from German: roden, to stub) denotes a place where woodland had been cleared to develop a settlement.

The year 968 saw the discovery of silver deposits near the town of Goslar, and mines became established in the following centuries throughout the mountains. During the Middle Ages, ore from this region was exported along trade routes to far-flung places, such as Mesopotamia. The wealth of the region declined after these mines became exhausted in the early 19th century. People abandoned the towns for a short time, but prosperity eventually returned with tourism.