Token - Frederick William III Neue Ehre Neues Glück

Location Prussia, Kingdom of
Year
Type Utility token
Composition
Weight 3.3 g
Diameter 24 mm
Thickness 0.8 mm
Shape Round
Technique
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Edge Plain
Period
Notice
Reference(s) MMN#2012
Obverse description Uniformed bust facing left
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering FRIED : WILH : III KOE : V. PREUSSEN IL
(Translation: Friedrich Wilhelm III King of Prussia Iohann Lauer)
Reverse description On left, Mars sitting on a rock, facing right overlooking a landscape, holding an unsheathed sword in lowered right hand. On top middle, a flying dove anoints him with a laurel wreath. On far left a large plant. All being illuminated by a rising sun on lower right.
Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering NEUE EHRE NEUES GLÜCK IETTON
(Translation: New Honour, New Luck Jeton)
Mint Ludwig Christian Lauer, Nuremberg, Germany (1729-1924)
Mintage
Numisquare ID 3141777830
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