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½ Batzen

½ Batzen - obverse½ Batzen - reverse

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Features

Issuer Free city of Augsburg (German States)
Period Free city (1276-1803)
Emperor Charles V (Karl V) (1519-1558)
Type Standard circulation coins
Year 1521
Value ½ Batzen (2⁄15)
Currency Thaler
Composition Silver
Weight 1.77 g
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
481972
References MB# 27
Norman Douglas Nicol. Standard Catalog of German Coins. Krause Publications (2 volumes).
, Forst/Schm# 9
Albert von Forster, Richard Schmid; 1897. Die Münzen der freien Reichsstadt Augsburg. Dr. R. Merzbacher, Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
, Schult# 64
Wolfgang Schulten; 1974. Deutsche Münzen aus der Zeit Karls V: Typenkatalog der Gepräge zwischen dem Beginn der Talerprägung (1484) und der dritten Reichsmünzordnung (1559) = German Coins from the Time of Charles V. Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.

Obverse

City arms in heart-shaped shield.

Script: Latin

Lettering: AVGVSTA VINDELICORVM

Unabridged legend: Augusta Vindelicorum

Reverse

Crowned imperial eagle, shield of arms on breast.

Script: Latin

Lettering: CAES CAROLVS AVG V

Unabridged legend: Caesar Carolus Augustus V

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1521) 

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