½ Thaler - George Frederick I
Features
| Issuer |
Duchy of Jägerndorf
(Silesia)  |
|---|---|
| Duke |
George Frederick I (Georg Friedrich I) (1543-1603)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 1560-1561 |
| Value | ½ Thaler |
| Currency | Thaler |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 14.04 g |
| Diameter | 35 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 555488 |
| References | FuS# 3211 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. |
Obverse
1/2-length armored figure right, left hand raised, divides date, legend around a beaded inner circle.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
MO. NO. ARG. GEOR. F. MA. BR. Z SL. DVCI.
1561
Unabridged legend: Moneta Nova Argentea Georgii Friderici Marchionis Brandenburgici Et Silesiae Ducis
Translation: New silver coinage for George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg and Duke of Silesia.
Reverse
Coat of arms of the Teutonic Order (floriated cross formed by four pillars with eagle on escutcheon in the center). In the four quadrants divided by the cross, the coat of arms of Georg Friedrich split on German escutcheons, clockwise: quartered sable and argent Hohenzollern arms, crowned rampant lion of Ansbach, Griffin of Pomerania, Red Eagle of Brandenburg. Legend around a beaded inner circle.
Script: Latin
Lettering: + SI. DEVS. PRONOBIS: QVIS. CONTRA. NOS.
Unabridged legend: Si Deus Pro Nobis Quis Contra Nos
Translation: If God is for us, who could be against us?
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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