1 Thaler - William
Features
| Issuer |
Principality of Anhalt-Harzgerode
(German States)  |
|---|---|
| Prince |
William Louis (1670-1709)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Year | 1694 |
| Value | 1 Thaler |
| Currency | Thaler (1635-1709) |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 29.11 g |
| Shape | Round |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 277531 |
| References | KM# 4 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). Johannes Mann; 1907. Anhaltische Münzen und Medaillen: Anhalt Coins and Medals = vom Ende des 15. Jahrhunderts bis 1906. Rosenberg, Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany. John Stewart Davenport; 1976. German Secular Talers 1600-1700. Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany. |
Obverse
Bust of Prince William Louis facing right, wearing long curly wig, cuirass and mantle.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
WILH : D : G : PR : ANHALT : D : S : A : & · W : C : A : D : B : & . S : ♧
E
Unabridged legend: Wilhelmus Dei Gratia Princeps Anhaltinus Dux Saxoniae Angariae & Westphaliae Comes Ascaniae Dominus Bernburgi & Servestae
Translation: William, by the grace of God, prince of Anhalt, duke of Saxony, Angria, and Westphalia, count of Ascania, and lord of Bernburg and Zerbst.
Reverse
Inscription in five lines. Three stars and fleurons above and below.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
♧ VON · NEUEN · ANHALTISCHEN · BERGWERCK
✥ NACH ✥
ALTEN
REICHS ꞊ SCHROT
UND · KORN
✥ 1694 ✥
Translation: From the new Anhalt mine. To the "Schrot und Korn" of the realm.
Comments
The Leipzig Standard of 1690 set the weight of the reichsthaler specie to 25.984 g, one ninth of a Cologne Mark of fine silver. This superseded the Standard of Zinna, according to which 101⁄2 thalers were minted from one Cologne Mark of fine silver. Prince Wilhelm expected higher profits with the new standard and reopened the mine in Harzgerode. A silver medal was minted to celebrate this occasion in 1693. This medal and the thaler of William Louis were minted in small numbers, to advertise the new mining endeavour and attract further investors and shareholders.
The inscription on the back of this thaler, Schrot und Korn, has no correspondent in English. "Schrot" signifies the gross weight of the coin, and "Korn" signifies the fine silver content. The expression suggests that the face value of the coin represents its melt value.
The "E" on the prince's shoulder on the obverse and the acorn in the lettering on the obverse and reverse are the mintmaster or engraver's marks. This may stand for Eichel or Eichler [1] or Wilhelm Erbe [2].
[1] Theodor Stenzel; 1876. Numismatische Studien: I. Zur Geschichte des Anhaltischen Münzwesens. Thieme, Leipzig, Prussia. —Page 16.
[2] Jens Heckl; 1999. Das Geldwesen Anhalts unter Berücksichtigung der Staatsschulden 1690 bis 1875. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Germany.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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