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Resuming Mining in Harzgerode
| Location | Anhalt-Harzgerode, Principality of |
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| Year | 1693 |
| Type | Commemorative medal |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears an entirely typographic design, with a commemorative inscription in 16 lines of raised capital lettering filling the plain field, framed by a raised rim. The text records in German the reopening of the Anhalt mines in 1691 and the first minting of silver from those mines in 1693. |
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| Reverse lettering | M · DC · XCI SIND · DIE IM · FURSTENTH : ANHALT EINE · GERAUME · ZEIT STILLE · GELEGENE BERGWERCKE WIEDERUM AUFGENOMMEN UND · IST · DIESES VON · DEM · DARAUS GEWONNEN SILBER ZUM · ERSTENMAHL GEPREGET · WORD : M · DC · XCIII (Translation: 1691. The mines in the principality of Anhalt, which have been idle for some time, have been reopened and the silver obtained from them has been minted for the first time. 1693.) |
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