fwo_879126 - GERMANY - FREE CITY OF FRANKFURT Thaler 1862 Francfort
Not available.
Item sold on our e-shop (2024)
Price : 180.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2024)
Price : 180.00 €
Type : Thaler
Date: 1862
Mint name / Town : Francfort
Quantity minted : 44334
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 33 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 18,50 g.
Edge : inscrite en creux STARK IM RECHT
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie nettoyée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : FREIE STADT - FRANKFURT.
Obverse description : Aigle couronné.
Obverse translation : (Ville libre de Francfort).
Reverse
Reverse legend : EIN GEDENKTHALER ZUM DEUTSCHEN SCHÜTZENFESTE.
Reverse description : Femme debout tendant une couronne de laurier, bouclier à ses pieds.
Reverse translation : (15 dans une livre de fin / 2 thalers de convention).
Historical background
GERMANY - FREE CITY OF FRANKFURT
Frankfort was the electoral capital of the Empire. It had obtained the right to mint coins in 1428. A free city, it was absorbed into the Confederation of the Rhine by Napoleon in 1806. Once again a free city after the Congress of Vienna in 1815 as part of the German Confederation, it was integrated into the Prussia after the Austrian defeat at Sadowa in 1866.
Report a mistake
Print the page
Share my selection
Ask a question
Consign / sellYour Recently Viewed Items
GERMANY - FREE CITY OF FRANKFURT Thaler 1862 Francfort AU
180.00 €
cgbfr.com numismatists
