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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;talerman, post: 3184866, member: 89314&quot;]I did a little research on this.</p><p>As WCG explained when he posted his 1599 Wasp Taler, Duke Heinrich Julius struck four emblematic or satirical Talers referring to his conflict with some noble families (Steinberg, Stockheim,Saldern): the Wespentaler (Wasp Taler), the Rebellentaler (Rebels Taler), the Lügentaler (Lies or Falsehoods Taler), and the Wahrheitstaler (Truth Taler). </p><p><br /></p><p>The Lies or Falsehoods Taler presumably gets its name from the legend on the reverse: HVETE.DICH.FVR.DER.TADT.DER.LVEGEN.WIRDT.WOLRADT (which Davenport translates as <i>Protect yourself from the blame of lying; that is advised</i>). This is followed by the Latin TANDEM BONA CAUSA TRIUMPHAT (<i>at length the good cause triumphs</i>). An angel (representing heavenly justice) is portrayed flying down to crown a lion (the duke) who is tearing to pieces a steinbock or ibex (the lords of Steinberg).&nbsp; Right of the lion a rose (the arms of the Saldern family) grows out of a stem (in German Stock = the lords of Stockheim).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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