12 Groschen Emergency currency
Features
| Issuer |
City of Magdeburg
(German States)  |
|---|---|
| Type | Emergency coinage › Siege coins |
| Conflict | Thirty Years' War (1618-1648) |
| Year | 1629 |
| Value | 12 Groschen (½) |
| Currency | Thaler |
| Composition | Silver |
| Shape | Round |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 217998 |
| References | KM# 260 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). Friedrich Freiherr von Schrötter. Brandenburg-Fränkisches Münzwesen. A. Riechmann & Co, Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (2 volumes). |
Obverse
City arms. Legend around.
Script: Latin
Lettering: MONO MAGDEBURGENSIS
Reverse
5-line central inscription with denomination and date. Legend around.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
NECESSITAS. LEGEM. NON. HABET.
XII
GROSCHEN
MAGDEBVR:
STATGELT
16z9
Comments
Struck during the city being besieged by Imperial troops of general Albrecht von Wallenstein
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1629 | 16Z9 | ||||||||||||||
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