Modern coin – HCR160842

Obverse

Inscription:

MONE NOVA CIVIT HAMBURGENSIS

Design:

City arms consisting of a towered gateway, flanked by a tower either side, the figures of the date "16Z(2)0" set between and to the sides of the towers.

Reverse

Inscription:

FERDINAND II D G ROM IM SE AU

Design:

Crowned double headed eagle, with an imperial orb containing the value in arabic figures superimposed.

Information

Category

Silver coin of the German states.

Period

Modern

Group

Authority

Hamburg: free city

Person

Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor, Archduke of Austria (1619-1637), King in Germany, of Hungary and Croatia from 1618, of Bohemia from 1617., 1619 - 1637

Reign

Dating

1620

Mint

Hamburg

Denomination

1/2 Thaler (16 Schilling)

Metal

silver

Technique

milled

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

14.07

Diameter (mm)

Acquisition method

unknown provenance

Source

unknown

Acquisition credit

Acquired.

Reference

Nicol, (Krause), German Coins. : KM# 120

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