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 Thaler - Moritz
| Issuer | Saxony (Albertinian Line), Electorate of |
|---|---|
| Year | 1547 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| 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) | MB#94, Keilitz#264.2 |
| Obverse description | Within a beaded inner circle struck on a roughly rectangular klippe flan, the crowned Saxon arms — barry of six sable and or with a crancelin in bend — are displayed centrally. The initials MHZS (for Moritz Herzog zu Sachsen) appear above the shield in the upper field, flanked by the split date 15–47 at either side of the arms. The entire design is contained within a rope-like circular border, set against the broad, unworked square flan typical of emergency coinage. The crude but forceful die work is characteristic of hastily produced siege or campaign klippe coinage of the mid-sixteenth century. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | The reverse of this klippe emergency thaler is essentially plain and unworked, presenting the flat, slightly irregular silver surface of the hammered flan with no die impression. Characteristic of uniface or minimally struck emergency coinage of the period, the reverse shows only the natural texture and tool marks imparted during preparation of the planchet, with no legend, device, or decorative element. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information | Log in to see details |