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1/2 Batzen - Frederick III
| Issuer | Palatinate |
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| Year | 1563-1570 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the quartered arms of the Electoral Palatinate, combining the Palatine lion and the Bavarian lozengy field within a beaded inner circle. The date appears within the shield, with the last two digits of the year (e.g. 63) flanking the central charge. A beaded border surrounds the shield, with the abbreviated electoral title legend running around the periphery in Latin capital letters. The overall style is characteristic of mid-sixteenth-century Rhenish hammered coinage. |
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| Reverse description | Central field bears the Imperial double-headed eagle displayed, with orb on breast, within a beaded inner circle, representing the Holy Roman Empire. The eagle's heads are crowned with a single arch imperial crown above. The surrounding peripheral legend in Latin capital letters names the reigning Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I. The coin exhibits the flat, slightly irregular flan typical of mid-sixteenth-century hammered German silver coinage. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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