3 Groschen - Frederick William III

Issuer Prussian Partition of Poland
Year 1816-1817
Type Standard circulation coin
Value 3 Groschen (1⁄60)
Currency Posen - Thaler (1793-1817)
Composition Copper
Weight 7.4 g
Diameter 25 mm
Thickness
Shape Round
Technique
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) KM#2481, ParM#1054, KM#31
Obverse description Prussian eagle in an oval, surrounded by a wreath of oak leaves and with a crown at the top. In the center part of the eagle there`s a FW monogram. (Rarely visible, even on UNC coins).
Obverse script
Obverse lettering
Reverse description The fraction at the top, the denomination in the middle, four lines below it and the mint mark at the very bottom.
Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering 60 EINEN THALER 3 GROSCHEN: GR.HERZ. POSEN 1816 B
(Translation: 60 [parts for] one Thaler 3 Groschen Grand Duchy of Posen (Pol. Poznań) 1816 B)
Edge Ornament
Mint A
Berlin, Germany (1280-date)
B
Wrocław, Poland (1360-1670)
Mintage 1816 A - Berlin Mint -
1816 B - Wroclaw (Breslau) Mint -
1817 A - -
Numisquare ID 5697633070
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