1 Ducat - John Frederick II Siege coinage
Features
| Issuer |
City of Gotha
(German States)  |
|---|---|
| Duke |
John Frederick II (Johann Friedrich II) (1554-1567)
|
| Period |
Grumbach Feud (1566-1567)
|
| Type | Emergency coinage › Siege coins |
| Year | 1567 |
| Currency | Thaler |
| Composition | Gold (.986) |
| Weight | 3.81 g |
| Shape | Klippe |
| Technique | Klippe |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 147254 |
| References | MB# 26 Norman Douglas Nicol. Standard Catalog of German Coins. Krause Publications (2 volumes). Coin & Currency Institute (publisher). Gold Coins of the World. Coin & Currency Institute (7 volumes). Walter Grasser; 1979. Münz- und Geldgeschichte von Coburg 1265-1923: Typenkatalog mit 775 Nummern einschliesslich der Rechenpfennige, Zollzeichen, Tormarken, des Notgeldes und der Banknoten = Coinage and Monetary History of Coburg 1265-1923. Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany. Lothar Koppe; 2004. Die sächsisch-ernestinischen Münzen: 1551 to 1573 = The Saxon-Ernestine Coinage. Battenberg Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany. Lawrence C. Korchnak; 2021. Siege Coins of the World 1453-1902. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. |
Obverse
2-fold arms in Electoral Saxony and Ducal Saxony divide date, inscription above, all in square punch.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
H HF G K
1567
Unabridged legend: Hertzog Hans Friedrich Gebohrner Kurfürst
Reverse
Blank.
Mint
Gotha, GermanyComments
Minted during the siege at castle Grimmenstein and the conquest of Gotha.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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Actual gold weight: 0.121 oz
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