Modern coin – HCR157063

Obverse

Inscription:

None

Design:

Ornate cross, quartering the wheel of Mainz, eagle of Frankfurt and the lions of Hesse and Nassau.

Inscription:

MEINTZ HES NAS FRA

Design:

Imperial orb with "Z", (2) divides date.

Category

Silver coin of the German states.

Period

Modern

Group

Authority

Mainz: archbishopric - electorate, Hesse-Darmstadt: landgraviate, Nassau-Weilburg-Saarbrucken: countship, Frankfurt am Main: free city

Person

Anselm Casimir Wambolt of Umstadt, Archbishop - Elector of Mainz, 1629 - 1647

Reign

Dating

1626

Mint

Mainz

Denomination

Albus (2 Kreuzer)

Metal

silver

Technique

struck

Weight (g)

0.49

Diameter (mm)

Acquisition method

gift

Acquisition date

4/2022

Source

Marianne Landzettal

Reference

Note:

Joint coinage.

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