2 Thalers - William Reign
Features
| Issuer |
Duchy of Brunswick
(German States)  |
|---|---|
| Duke |
William VIII (1830-1884)
|
| Type | Circulating commemorative coins |
| Year | 1856 |
| Value | 2 Thalers = ⅐ Cologne Mark = 3½ Gulden |
| Currency | Thaler (1815-1856) |
| Composition | Silver (.900) |
| Weight | 37.12 g |
| Diameter | 41 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 18549 |
| References | AKS# 97 Paul Arnold, Harald Küthmann, Dirk Steinhilber; 2022. Großer deutscher Münzkatalog: von 1800 bis heute = Great German Coin Catalog (37th Edition). Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany. Gerhard Welter. Die Münzen der Welfen seit Heinrich dem Löwen. Klinkhardt & Biermann, Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany (3 volumes). Kurt Jaeger; 1964. Die Münzprägungen der deutschen Staaten vor Einführung der Reichswährung / Band 8. Hannover und Braunschweig nach 1813 = Die Münzprägungen der deutschen Staaten vor Einführung der Reichswährung. Munzen & Medaillen, Basel, Switzerland. Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). Helmut Kahnt. Deutsche Silbermünzen 1800-1872. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (2 volumes). Norbert Thun; 1979. Deutsche Taler, Doppelgulden, Doppeltaler von 1800-1871 = German Thalers, Double Guldens, Double Thalers from 1800-1871. Verlag Frankfurter Numismatik, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany. John Stewart Davenport; 1949. German Talers since 1800. Spink & Son, Galesburg, Illinois, United States. |
Commemorative issue
25th Anniversary of the Reign of Wilhelm
Obverse
Bust of Wilhelm on the right, legend around it.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
WILHELM HERZOG Z. BRAUNSCHWEIG U. LÜN.
B
Reverse
Crowned coat of arms, surrounded by olive branches.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
ZUR FEIER DER 25 JAEHRIGEN REGIERUNG
1856
Edge
Registration included.
Lettering: * 2 TH * 3½ G * VII E.F. MARK * VEREINSMÜNZE *
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Mint
Braunschweig, GermanyMark
| B | Johann Wilhelm Christian Brumleu, Mint Master, Braunschweig (1850-1859) |
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| Date | Mintage | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1856 | B | 
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17 455 | $ 440 | $ 780 | ||||||||||
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Numista Rarity index: 78
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Bullion value: USD 73.46
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Actual silver weight: 1.074 oz
Current silver price: 68.40 USD/oz (see silver price 
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