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1 Solidus - Ernst Johann von Biron

Features

Issuer Duchy of Courland and Semigallia (Livonia)
Duke Ernest John of Biron (1763-1769)
Type Standard circulation coins
Year 1764
Value 1 Schilling = 1⁄108 Thaler
Currency Thaler (1586-1795)
Composition Copper
Weight 1.31 g
Diameter 16 mm
Thickness 0.9 mm
Shape Round
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
86474
References Kop# 4084
Edmund Kopicki; 1995. Ilustrowany skorowidz pieniedzy polskich i z Polska związanych. Polskie Towarzystwo Numizmatyczne (Polish Numismatic Society), Warsaw, Poland (4 volumes).
, Haljak II# 1744
Self-published (publisher). Livonian Coins. Self-published, Tallinn, Estonia (2 volumes).
, Fed# 1064
Dmitry Yakovlevich Fedorov; 1966. Монеты Прибалтики XIII-XVIII столетий: Определитель монет = Coins of Baltics of 13th-18th centuries. Valgus, Tallinn, Estonia.
, Neumann Baltic# 326
Erich Neumann; 1997. Die Münzen der westpreußischen und baltischen Städte unter polnischer bzw. schwedischer Oberhoheit = The Coins of the West Prussian and Baltic cities under Polish and Swedish Sovereignty. Self-published, Köln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
, KM# 28
Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).

Obverse

Bust facing right surrounded by legend.

Script: Latin

Lettering: D · G · ERNEST · IOH · DVX ·

Unabridged legend: Dei Gratia Ernst Johann Dux

Translation: With God's grace, Duke Ernst Johann

Reverse

Shield with eagle beside shield with horseman under crown and above denomination, all surrounded by legend.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
IN · LIV · CVRL · & · SEM · 1764
SOLID
I · F · S ·

Unabridged legend: In Livoniae Curlandiae Et Semgalliae

Translation: of Livonia, Courland, and Semgallia

Edge

Plain

Mint

Mitau, modern-day Jelgava, Latvia

Comments

Lettering variants by GER catalogue:

6.1.1.1.
D · G · ERNEST · IOH · DVX ·
IN · LIV · CVRL · & · SEM · 1764·
SOLID
I · C · S ·

6.1.2.1.
D · G · ERNEST · IOH · DVX ·
IN · LIV · CVRL · & · SEM · 1764
SOLID
I · F · S

6.1.2.2.
D · G · ERNEST · IOH · DVX
IN · LIV · CVRL · & · SEM · 1764
SOLID
I · F · S ·

6.1.2.3.
D · G · ERNEST · IOH · DVX ·
IN · LIV · CVRL · & · SEM · 1764
SOLID
I · F · S ·

6.1.3.1.
D · G · ERNEST · IOH · DVX
IN · LIV · CVRL · & · SEM · 1764
SOLID

6.1.3.2.
D · G · ERNEST · IOH · DVX
IN · LIV : CVRL · & · SEM · 1764
SOLID

6.1.3.3.
D · G · ERNEST · IOH · DVX ·
IN · LIV : CVRL · & · SEM · 1764
SOLID

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1764  GER 6.1.3.1. 23%
1764  GER 6.1.3.2. 0%
1764  GER 6.1.3.3. 0%
1764 ICS GER 6.1.1.1. 5%
1764 IFS GER 6.1.2.1. 5%
1764 IFS GER 6.1.2.2. 0%
1764 IFS GER 6.1.2.3. 68%

Frequencies show the percentage of Numista users who own each year or variety among all the users who own this coin. Since some users own several versions, the sum may be greater than 100%.

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