Replica - Prague Groschen

€147,391.00
LocationCzech Republic
Year1956-1966
TypeSouvenir medals/Replica
CompositionAluminium
Weight1.5 g
Diameter24.7 mm
Thickness1.6 mm
ShapeRound
Technique
OrientationMedal alignment ↑↑
EdgePlain
Period
Notice
Reference(s)
Obverse description
Obverse letteringDEI:GRATIA:REX:BOEMIE+ WENCEZLAVS•SECVNDVS+
Obverse script
Reverse descriptionReplica. The Prague groschen (Czech: pražský groš, Latin: grossi pragenses, German: Prager Groschen, Polish: Grosz praski) was a groschen-type silver coin that became very common throughout Medieval Central Europe. It is a silver coin with on the obverse the legend DEI GRATIA REX BOEMIE (`By the grace of God the King of Bohemia`) and on the reverse GROSSI PRAGENSES (`Prague groschen`). The weight of the coin varies between 3.5 and 3.7 g with a fineness of 933/1000 of silver. The groschen was subdivided into twelve parvus (`small`) coins with a Bohemian heraldic lion sign on the obverse.
Reverse letteringGROSSI:PRAGENSES*+* 1966
Reverse script
Engraver
Mintage1956  - -
1966  - -
Catalog ID8163052430
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