| Issuer |
City of Breslau
(Silesia) |
|---|---|
| Period |
Free City (1337-1670)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Year | 1622 |
| Value | ½ Ducat (1.75) |
| Currency | Thaler |
| Composition | Gold (.986) |
| Weight | 1.7 g |
| Shape | Round |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 554564 |
| References | Fr# 469 Coin & Currency Institute (publisher). Gold Coins of the World. Coin & Currency Institute (7 volumes).Friedrich Friedensburg, Hans Seger; 1901. Schlesiens Münzen und Medaillen der neueren Zeit = Silesian Coins and Medals of Modern Times. Vereins für das Museum Schlesischer Altertümer, Wrocław, Poland. |
Ornate shield with 4-fold coat of arms of Wroclaw (Breslau, Bohemia lion, 2 Silesia eagle, 3 W for the city and 4 the bust of John the Evangelist, at center the head of John the Baptist) under a crowned great helm dividing the date, within inner circle, legend around.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
MO.AVR.S.P.Q.WRATISLA
16ZZ
Unabridged legend: Moneta Aurea Senatus Populique Wratislaviensis
Translation: Gold coinage for the people of Breslau.
Laureate bust of Matthias II to the right, wearing ruffled collar and the chain of the Order of the Golden Fleece, legend around plain inner circle.
Script: Latin
Lettering: FERDINAN D G R I S A G H B REX D S
Unabridged legend: Ferdinandus Dei Gratia Romanorum Imperator Semper Augustus Germaniae Hungariae Bohemiae Rex Dux Silesiae
Translation: Ferdinand, by the grace of God, Emperor of the Romans, forever August, King of Germany, Hungary and Bohemia, Duke of Silesia.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| 1622 | 16ZZ | ||||||||||||||
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