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½ Thaler - George William

Features

Issuer Duchy of Liegnitz-Brieg (Silesia)
Duke George William (Georg Wilhelm) (1672-1675)
Type Standard circulation coins
Year 1675
Value ½ Thaler
Currency Thaler
Composition Silver
Shape Round
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
556450
References KM# 531
Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).
, Kop# 5514 (R5)
Edmund Kopicki; 1995. Ilustrowany skorowidz pieniedzy polskich i z Polska związanych. Polskie Towarzystwo Numizmatyczne (Polish Numismatic Society), Warsaw, Poland (4 volumes).

Obverse

Armored bust of Georg Wilhelm, lionhead on shoulder, facing right in decorated inner circle, legend around.

Script: Latin

Lettering: GEORG:WILHELM:D:G:DVX:SILESIAE LIG

Unabridged legend: Georgius Wilhelmus Dei Gratia Dux Silesiae Ligniciensis

Translation: George William, by the grace of God, Duke of Silesia, Liegnitz...

Reverse

Crowned Silesian eagle in beaded inner circle, crown divides date, mintmaster's initials CBS in a frame at bottom.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BREGENSIS:ET:WOLAVIENSIS: 1675
CBS

Unabridged legend: Bregensis & Wolaviensis

Translation: ... Brieg and Wołów.

Mint

Brieg, modern-day Brzeg, Poland

Mark

CBS Christoph Brettschneider, Mint Master, Brieg (1668-1713)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
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