3 Groschen - John Frederick II Klippe; Siege coinage
Features
| Issuer |
City of Gotha
(German States)  |
|---|---|
| Duke |
John Frederick II (Johann Friedrich II) (1554-1567)
|
| Period |
Grumbach Feud (1566-1567)
|
| Type | Emergency coinage › Siege coins |
| Year | 1567 |
| Currency | Thaler |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 3.28 g |
| Thickness | 1 mm |
| Shape | Klippe |
| Technique | Klippe |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 127305 |
| References | MB# 19 Norman Douglas Nicol. Standard Catalog of German Coins. Krause Publications (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. Lawrence C. Korchnak; 2021. Siege Coins of the World 1453-1902. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. |
Obverse
2-fold arms of Electoral Saxony and Ducal Saxony divide date, inscription above, all in square punch.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
HHFGK
1567
Reverse
Denomination
Script: Latin
Lettering: .I.I.I.g.
Edge
Plain
Mint
Gotha, GermanyComments
Koppe 334 b, Kernbach 2179
Coin minted during the siege of castle Grimmenstein
Diameter: 23x24mm
Coin minted during the siege of castle Grimmenstein
Diameter: 23x24mm
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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