¼ Thaler - Frederick II Bicentenary of the Reformation
Features
| Issuer |
Duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
(German States)  |
|---|---|
| Duke |
Frederick II (Friedrich II) (1691-1732)
|
| Type | Circulating commemorative coins |
| Year | 1717 |
| Value | ¼ Thaler |
| Currency | Thaler (1680-1826) |
| Composition | Srebro |
| Shape | Okrągły |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 489442 |
| References | Steguweit Gotha# 216 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. Klaus-Peter Brozatus, Rainer Opitz; 2014. Reformatio in Nummis: Annotierter Bestandskatalog der reformationsgeschichtlichen Münz- und Medaillensammlung der Stiftung Luthergedenkstätten in Sachsen-Anhalt = Reformatio in Nummis. Numismatischer Verlag Fritz Rudolf Künker, Osnabrück, Lower 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: Bicentenary of the Reformation
Obverse
(en) Bust right with mint official's initials on truncation of bust.
Script: łaciński
Lettering:
FRIDER·II·D·G·DVX SAXO-GOTH·
C·W·
Unabridged legend: Fridericus II Dei Gratia Dux Saxe Gothanus
Reverse
(en) Thunderstorm with two faced blowing clouds raging around an island of rocks, on the rocks are four lines of letters, value below.
Script: łaciński
Lettering:
VOBIS INVITIS
IVBIL·EVANG·II·
I·1717·T
V
D M
I
Æ
(1/4)
Mint
Gotha, GermanyMarks
| CW | Christian Wermuth, Cutter, Gotha (1688-1739) |
| IT | Johann Thun, Mint Master, Sondershausen (1684-1690), Gotha (1690-1723) |
Comments
(en)
There are a few different cloud and lightning varieties.
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| Date | Mintage | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1717 | CW IT | 1 656 | |||||||||||||
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