1 Thaler - George Frederick I Tin strike

Issuer Duchy of Jägerndorf (Silesia)
Year 1577-1579
Type Coin pattern
Value 1 Thaler
Currency Thaler
Composition Tin
Weight
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Shape Round
Technique
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Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) MB#30, Dav GT I#9324, FuS#3261
Obverse description 1/2-length armored bust facing right, holding mace over right shoulder. Legend around an inner circle, start 1h.
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering MO NO AR GEO F MAR BRA Z SLESI DVC
Reverse description Coat of arms of the Teutonic Order (floriated cross formed by four pillars with eagle on escutcheon in the center). In the four quadrants divided by the cross, the coat of arms of Georg Friedrich split on German escutcheons, clockwise: quartered sable and argent Hohenzollern arms, crowned rampant lion of Ansbach, Griffin of Pomerania, Red Eagle of Brandenburg. Legend around a beaded inner circle with date at the end.
Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering SI. DEVS. PRONO: QVIS. CONT. NOS. 1577
Edge Plain
Mint Krnov, Czech Republic
Mintage 1577
1579
Numisquare ID 4582204511
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