Medal for the 1816 / 1817 famine
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Features
| Location |
Kingdom of Bavaria
(German States)  |
|---|---|
| Król |
Maximilian I Joseph (1805-1825)
|
| Type | Utility items › Counter tokens |
| Year | 1816 |
| Composition | Mosiądz |
| Weight | 12.8 g |
| Diameter | 33 mm |
| Shape | Okrągły |
| Technique | Frezowana |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 24759 |
| References | Erlanger# 4 Herbert Justin Erlanger; 1979. Die Reichsmünzstätte in Nürnberg / Volume 22 = The Imperial Mint in Nuremberg. Verein für Geschichte der Stadt Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Bavaria, Germany. Josef Brettauer, Eduard Holzmair; 1937. Medicina in nummis: Sammlung Dr. Josef Brettauer. Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Vienna, Austria. |
Commemorative issue
Głód w 1816 r. spowodowany erupcją wulkanu Tambora w 1815 r.
Obverse
(en) Mother and two children
Script: łaciński
Lettering:
O GIEB MIR BROD MICH HUNGERT.
Stettner
IETTON
Engraver: Johann Thomas Stettner
Reverse
(en) Scales and anchor
Food prices:
1 Maß of beer = 8½ kronen
1 pound, 3 lots of bread = 12 kronen
Script: łaciński
Lettering:
VERZAGET NICHT GOTT LEBET NOCH.
1 MAAS BIER
8½ KR
1℔/3L 12.KR
1816.U 1817.
L
Mint
L. Chr. Lauer Mint (Münzprägeanstalt L. Chr. Lauer), Nuremberg, Germany (1790-1924)See also
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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