Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1⁄48 Thaler - Frederick William
| Issuer | Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Duchy of |
|---|---|
| Year | 1701-1702 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Central circular cartouche, set within a beaded inner border, contains the denomination expressed in four lines as '48 / EINEN / REICHS / TALER', indicating this coin's value as the 48th part of a Reichsthaler. The surrounding outer legend, separated by ornamental stops, reads '1702 · F·W·V·G·G·M·L·M·', the initials standing for Friedrich Wilhelm Von Gottes Gnaden, Mecklenburg-Land-Münze, identifying the reigning duke and the territorial mint authority. The design is simple and bold, consistent with the utilitarian character of small-denomination German territorial coinage of the early eighteenth century. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Frederick William ruled Mecklenburg-Schwerin for less than two years before dying in 1713 — but this issue dates to the opening of his reign, when the duchy was still navigating the wreckage of the Great Northern War's early pressures on Baltic trade and coinage supply. The 1/48 Thaler denomination was a workhorse of small commerce in the fragmented German states, and Mecklenburg's output was modest enough that surviving specimens in any condition are genuinely scarce. Kunzel's cataloguing of this type across two reference numbers reflects documented die variation between the 1701 and 1702 strikes.