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1 Prague Groschen Counterstamped
| Issuer | Amberg, City of |
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| Year | 1378-1419 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Counterstamp of the City of Amberg applied to a Bohemian Prague Groschen host coin. The counterstamp, punched into the obverse field, depicts an oval cartouche or shield bearing the Amberg civic device, surrounded by the remnants of the original Prague Groschen legend in Latin uncial characters encircling the design. The underlying host coin retains traces of the Bohemian royal crown and double-tailed lion associated with Prague Groschen coinage of the period. The flan is irregular and characteristic of hammered medieval silver coinage. |
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| Reverse description | Reverse of the host Prague Groschen, showing the original double-tailed Bohemian lion passant in the central field, now significantly worn and partially obscured by the distortion caused by the application of the counterstamp on the opposite face. The surrounding legend, rendered in Latin uncial script, encircles the field in the manner typical of Bohemian groschen coinage of the late 14th and early 15th centuries. The surface exhibits characteristic wear and die weakness consistent with a heavily circulated hammered silver coin. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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