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⅛ Thaler - Henry III

⅛ Thaler - Henry III - obverse⅛ Thaler - Henry III - reverse

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Features

Issuer Reuss-Untergreiz (German States)
Count Henry III (Heinrich III) (1733-1768)
Type Standard circulation coins
Year 1752
Value ⅛ Thaler
Currency Thaler (1657-1764)
Composition Silver
Diameter 24 mm
Thickness 1 mm
Shape Round
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
276571
References KM# 30
Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).

Obverse

Quartered coat-of-arms within fanciful frame with crown above and date below, separated 17 and 52. Quartered coat-of-arms contains animal figures of cranes and lions. Lettering follows the round edge of the coin separated by dots.

Script: Latin

Lettering: *HENR · III ·SEN · LIN · RUTH · TOT · STEMM · S · C · ETD · DEPL · D · G · C · G · S · ET · L ·

Reverse

Mining scene wherein the mountain cut-away shows 2 people manning a winch and 1 person tending a bucket prior to it being lifted out of the mountain. Three religious symbols are stamped into the mountain. Lettering follows the round edge of the coin with the denomination and mintmark below the mountain.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
GOTT SEEGNE UNSERN SILBER BERG ·
1/8 SPEC · THAL ·
G · H · E ·

Translation: God bless our silver mountain

Mint

Saalfeld, Germany

Mark

GHE Georg Hieronymus Eberhard, Mint Master, Saalfeld (1740-1754)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1752  GHE

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