⅓ Thaler - Frederick II Bicentennial of the Augsburg Confession
Features
| Issuer |
Duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
(German States)  |
|---|---|
| Duke |
Frederick II (Friedrich II) (1691-1732)
|
| Type | Circulating commemorative coins |
| Year | 1730 |
| Value | ⅓ Thaler |
| Currency | Thaler (1680-1826) |
| Composition | Srebro |
| Weight | 8.12 g |
| Diameter | 28.56 mm |
| Shape | Okrągły |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 485884 |
| References | Steguweit Gotha# 227 Wolfgang Steguweit; 1987. Geschichte der Münzstätte Gotha: vom 12. bis zum 19. Jahrhundert = History of the Gotha Mint. Verlag Hermann Böhlaus Nachfolger, Weimar, Thuringia, Germany. Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). Gerhard Schön. Deutscher Münzkatalog 18. Jahrhundert 1700-1806. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (2 volumes). Otto Merseburger; 1894. Sammlung Otto Merseburger umfassend Münzen und Medaillen von Sachsen.: Albertinische und ernestinische Linie = Otto Merseburger Collection comprising coins and medals from Saxony. Münzhandlung Zschiesche und Köder, Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. Catherine Elias Bullowa; 1983. Martin Luther und die Reformation auf Münzen und Medaillen: Collection Prof. Robert B. Whiting = Coins and medals of Martin Luther and the Reformation. Spink & Son, Zürich, Switzerland. |
Series: Bicentennial of the Augsburg Confession
Obverse
(en) Bust right with mint official initial on truncation of bust and Roman numeral date in legend.
Script: łaciński
Lettering:
FRIDER.II.DVX SAXO-GOTH.M.DCC.XXX.
II.TIMOTH.I.8.
W.
Engraver: Christian Wermuth
Reverse
(en) Altar on tiled flooring with lettered Bible on top and crucifix behind, storm clouds with lightning above, inscription above and three-line inscription below with third line dividing mint official’s initials.
Script: łaciński
Lettering:
CRVX AVCTRIX ET TVTRIX.
IVBILEVM II.
CONFESSIONIS
A. AVG. H.
A· C·
Mint
Gotha, GermanyMarks
| W | Christian Wermuth, Cutter, Sondershausen (1677-1688), Gotha (1688-1739) |
| AH | Andreas Helbig, Mint Warden, Gotha (1718-1750) |
Comments
(en)
Below the bust is an inscription referring the Second Letter of Paul to Timothy 1:8
“Do not be ashamed, then, of the testimony about our Lord or of me his prisoner, but join with me in suffering for the gospel, relying on the power of God.”
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| Date | Mintage | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | ||||||||
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| 1730 | W AH | 
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1 344 | (en) MDCCXXX | |||||||||||
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Past sales
| Pictures | Sale | Date | Grade | Sold price | |
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WAG Online Auktions Auction 162 Lot 1023 
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14 Sep 2025 |
USD 418.03
(EUR 360.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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