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1637, German States, Emden City, Ulrich II. Silver 28 Stuber (2/3 Thaler) Coin.

Condition: VF+
Mint year: 1637-1657
Region: German States
Mint Place: Emden (Germany)
Denomination: 2/3 Thaler (28 Stüber = 1 Florin = 1 Gulden)
Condition: Large mint-made planchet crack, crudely struck and well worn from circulation, otherwise F.
Reference: Knyphausen 9646, Davenport 508, KM-16.
Weight: 19.46gm
Diameter: 41mm
Material: Silver

Obverse: Crowned and quartered coat-of-arms of Emden City, flanked by decorative foliage. Privy marks (two rosettes) above crown, value (28) in legend below.
Legend: FLOR . ARGE (28) CIVITAT . EMB

Reverse: Crowned double-headed imperial eagle with large cross-topped orb at chest. Legend of Emperor Ferdinand III around.
Legend: FERDINAN . III . ROM . IMP . SEMP . AVG .

Emden is a city and seaport in the northwest of Germany, on river Ems. The exact founding date of Emden is unknown, but it has existed at least since the 8th century. Older names for Emden are Amuthon, Embda, Emda, Embden. City rights and the city's coat of arms, the "Engelke up de Muer" was granted by Emperor Maximilian I in 1495. Emden was a very rich city during the 17th century, due to large numbers of Dutch immigrants. It was a center of reformed Protestantism at that time, producing the first Bible translation in Dutch. During the Napoleonic French era, Emden and the surrounding lands of East Frisia were part of the short-lived Kingdom of Holland.

Ulrich II of East Frisia, was count of East Frisia, (6 July 1605 – Aurich, 1 November 1648) was the fifth child and the third son of Enno III of East Frisia and Anna of Holstein-Gottorp. He inherited the East Frisia after the unexpected death of his brother Rudolf Christian on 17 April 1628. He reigned during the Thirty Years' War. East Frisia did not participate in the war, but general Ernst von Mansfeld quartered his troops in East Frisia, causing great distress. The only exception was Emden because of the recently completed city wall, the city of Emden was protected against foreign troops.

Historian tend to have a negative view of Ulrich II. His brother Rudolf Christian died unexpectedly, from a stab in his left eye during an argument with a lieutenant in the army of general Matthias Gallas quartered at Berum Castle. He accepted the position of Count of East Frisia only reluctantly. He was said to prefer to enjoy himself about town, deriving great pleasure from alcohol and well-prepared meals. In the face of the foreign troops quartered in East Frisia during the Thirty Years' War, he was rather passive and let his chancellors Wiarda and Bobart manage the country. He even went so far as to build a Lustschloss, the Julianenburg in Sandhorst, for his wife Landgravine Juliana, in the middle of the war, while the population of East Frisia was suffering bitterly. However, he also made some major decisions. He leased out parcels of bog around Timmel in 1633; this is regarded as the starting point of the fen cultivation, which led to the creation of the Großefehn. He also founded Latin schools, the Ulrichsgymnasium in Norden in 1631 and the Gymnasium Ulricianum in Aurich in 1646. These still exist and bear his name today.

He died on 1 November 1648. After his death his widow Juliana took over the regency because their children were still minors.